(Photo: Axelrath Getty Images/Prisma) August 3, 2022/IMFBlog By Oya Celasun, Dora Iakova and Ian Parry With fossil fuels likely to remain expensive for some time, governments should let retail prices rise to promote energy conservation while protecting poorer households. Soaring energy prices have sharply increased living costs for Europeans. Since […]

August 3, 2022/CSL Research According to a Business Day news report, two of the main contenders in Nigeria’s next presidential election, Peter Obi of the Labour Party and Atiku Abubakar of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), have aired their views on how to solve the country’s electricity problem. Peter Obi […]

August 2, 2022/OilPrice.com Chart of the Week – After more than 2 years of coordinated production cuts, OPEC+ has reached the point when it no longer must increase production targets and needs to rethink the future of the 18-member oil group.  – Most analysts expect no or just very moderate […]