December 5, 2025 By Blaise Udunze On December 2, 2025, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) announced a policy that significantly departs from the cash-restriction measures Nigerians have faced lately. The apex bank abolished restrictions on cash deposits. Increased the weekly cash withdrawal limits to N500,000 for individuals and N5 […]
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CPC Cuts Fail to Lift Brent as Saudi Pricing Undercuts Rally
December 5, 2025/Oilprice.com Tom Kool Editor, Oilprice.com Oil prices remained stuck in a narrow range this week, with Brent hovering around $63 per barrel. Friday, December 5, 2025 Oil prices remained rangebound this week, with ICE Brent still hovering around $63 per barrel, as the markets digested news of higher […]
How Stablecoins Can Improve Payments and Global Finance
(Credit:Alex Secret/iStock by Getty Images) December 4, 2025/IMFBlog By Tobias Adrian, Marcello Miccoli, Nobuyasu Sugimoto Despite having a market capitalization of about 10 percent of Bitcoin, stablecoins are growing in influence because of the interconnections with mainstream financial markets that stem both from their structure and potential use cases. Indeed, their use […]
