OPINION/EDITORIAL

A Health Check on Nigeria’s “Burgeoning Middleclass”

July 28, 2022/United Capital Research Global price level has continued to rise at an alarming rate over the past 10 months. While demand-side factors were the initial drivers of the price surge, the increase in energy prices (fed by rising crude oil and natural gas prices) and higher food prices […]

IMF Trims Global Growth but Maintains Nigeria’s Growth Outlook

July 28, 2022/Coronation Research In its latest World Economic Outlook (WEO), the IMF trimmed its global forecast for 2022 to 3.2% y/y from 3.6% y/y in April. For 2023, the growth projection was revised downwards from 3.6% y/y to 2.9% y/y. Higher inflation across advanced and emerging economies worsened by […]

(Photo: filipefrazao/iStock by Getty Images) July 27, 2022/IMFBlog By Gustavo Adler, Ilan Goldfajn, and Anna Ivanova Español, Português The region continued its strong recovery in early 2022, but decelerating economic activity and persistent inflation will test its resilience. The economies of Latin America and the Caribbean have continued their strong post-pandemic […]