OPINION/EDITORIAL

Response to High Food, Energy Prices Should Focus on Most Vulnerable

(Photo: ©Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations/Giuseppe Bizzarri) June 7, 2022/IMFBlog By David Amaglobeli, Emine Hanedar, Gee Hee Hong, and Céline Thévenot Countries should allow international prices to pass through to domestic prices while protecting households that are most in need. Governments confront difficult policy choices as they […]

Private sector activity growth slows in May, but demand conditions remain favourable – Stanbic IBTC

June 7, 2022/P+ Measurement Services Business conditions in Nigeria’s private sector strengthened in May, but the rate of improvement slowed from April. Softer uplifts were recorded in output, new orders, purchasing activity and input inventories. That said, new orders continued to rise sharply which prompted a quicker expansion in headcounts. […]

Upward Pressure On Oil Prices Is Only Going To Increase

June 7, 2022/OilPrice.com Chart of the Week – Merely a couple of days after OPEC+ sped up the pace of production increases, Saudi Aramco hiked its July formula prices for Asian buyers to higher-than-expected levels, stoking concerns that supply might be lower than expected.  – The July ’22 OSP for […]