OPINION/EDITORIAL

As Commodity Prices Surge Again, MENA Countries Can Draw Lessons from the Past

Photo credit: Meron Abebe/Getty Images December 7, 2022/IMF IMF COUNTRY FOCUS The current commodity price boom is affecting the region’s commodity exporters and importers differently. Commodity exporters are benefiting from a marked improvement in their terms of trade, while commodity importers are feeling the pain of higher imported energy and […]

United States Is World’s Top Destination for Foreign Direct Investment

Credit: Adobe Stock November 7, 2022/IMFBlog Jannick Damgaard, Carlos Sánchez-Muñoz Chart of the Week Foreign direct investment The move comes amid a decline in offshore financial centers’ share of global FDI The United States recorded the largest increase of inward foreign direct investment of all economies in 2021. The latest […]

Macro: Slower Trend in Economic Growth

November 7, 2022/InvestmentOne Update November 2022 Macro & Markets Update  Please click to view the November 2022 Macro & Markets Update  Recently released Gross Domestic Product (GDP) report by the National Bureau of Statistics revealed that the Nigerian economy recorded growth for the eighth consecutive quarter since recovering from the […]