IMF Country Focus February 3, 2023/IMF Photo Credit: Nikada/Getty Images By Diego A. Cerdeiro and Sonali Jain-Chandra Sustaining the recovery will require both monetary and fiscal support as well as accelerated structural reforms China’s economy is set to rebound this year as mobility and activity pick up after the lifting […]

(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 […]

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) […]