(Credit: ultramansk/Adobe Stock) April 10, 2023/IMFBlog By Jean-Marc Natal and Philip Barrett Real interest rates have rapidly increased recently as monetary policy has tightened in response to higher inflation. Whether this uptick is temporary or partly reflects structural factors is an important question for policymakers. Since the mid-1980s, real interest rates at all […]

(Credit: Kim Haughton/IMF Photo) April 10, 2023/IMFBlog By Adrian Peralta-Alva and Prachi Mishra Public debt soared to a record during the pandemic, topping global gross domestic product. Now, with government debt still elevated, the rise in interest rates and the strong US dollar are adding to interest costs, in turn weighing […]

April 7, 2023/Coronation Research According to Nigeria’s Debt Management Office (DMO), Nigeria’s total public debt rose by 5.0% q/q or N2.2trn to N46.3trn at end-December ’22 from N44.1trn at end-September ’22.  On a y/y basis, total public debt increased by 16.9%. We note that as at end-December ’22, public debt […]