(Photo: Artush/iStock by Getty Images) September 15, 2022/IMFBlog By Laurent Kemoe, Cedric Okou, Pritha Mitra and Filiz Unsal The toll of extreme weather events on crops underscores the region’s challenges and need for policies to save lives and protect livelihoods. Climate change is intensifying food insecurity across sub-Saharan Africa, where […]

September 15, 2022/Cordros Report In our July inflation note (see report: Unfavourable Base Effects to Fan Higher Headline Inflation), we expected consumer prices to maintain their uptrend and settle at 20.52% y/y in August, given the troika impact of (1) unfavourable base effect from the prior year, (2) lingering spillover […]

September 15, 2022/FBNQuest As the world mourns the loss of Queen Elizabeth II, it is believed that her passing could have implications traversing the economy and politics, especially at a time when the United Kingdom’s economy is battling an energy crunch and is on the brink of a recession. On […]