September 27, 2022/IMF Slower Global Growth Adds to Challenges In June, I visited Morocco with the IMF’s Chief Economist, Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas, to attend a conference in Rabat organized by the Bank Al-Maghrib and the IMF in the run-up to the 2023 IMF-World Bank Annual Meetings in Marrakech. We also had […]

September 27, 2022/CSL Research The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) will conclude its penultimate Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting of the year today, and we believe the committee will maintain its hawkish stance, but we do not expect more than a 50bps increase. Also, we see the possibility of adjustments […]

September 26, 2022/Hill+Knowlton Strategies  On June 21, 2002, the United Kingdom confirmed that Ukraine had destroyed a Russian vessel in the Black Sea. The strike was considered a game-changer for Ukraine, now viewed as a talented underdog in the Russia-Ukraine war. This also sparked a conversation about how the military […]