(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 […]

April 7, 2023/OilPrice.com Tom Kool Editor, Oilprice.com Oil prices soared at the start of the week as OPEC+ shocked markets with a production cut announcement, but prices have since been capped by growing fears of demand destruction due to economic woes. Friday, March 31st, 2023 Following the explosive rally in […]