(Credit: IMF and Adobe Stock) February 2, 2023/IMFBlog By Tobias Adrian, Christopher Erceg, and Fabio Natalucci Central banks aggressively hiked interest rates last year as inflation in many countries rose to the highest levels in decades. Now, falling energy prices are reducing headline inflation and fueling optimism that monetary policy may be eased […]
OPINION/EDITORIAL
Lingering fuel scarcity presents a challenge to election logistics
February 2, 2023/CSL Research As scarcity of fuel persists across the country, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has raised the alarm that the current fuel scarcity could hamper election day logistics. This is according to a news report by the Vanguard newspaper. The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC) […]
Impact of Moody’s downgrade: Possible windfall gain scenario for locals
February 2, 2023/United Capital Research Following the recent Moody’s downgrade of the Nigerian Federal Government (FG) long-term foreign-currency (FCY) and local currency (LCY) issuer, from B3 and B1 to Caa1 and B2, respectively, investors’ sentiments toward Nigerian Eurobonds have turned sour as investors begin to demand higher credit risk premiums […]

