Image Credit: AEC May 29, 2022/AEC Switzerland-headquartered commodities and mining multinational Glencore Plc has been making headlines lately for all the wrong reasons. Following prolonged investigations by Brazil, the United Kingdom, and the United States, two Glencore subsidiaries pleaded guilty May 24 to multiple charges of market manipulation and bribery, […]
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Is Achieving Self-Sufficiency Possible?
May 27, 2022/CSL Research Importation of durum wheat into Nigeria continues to rise. Trade Data Publication released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) stated that Nigeria imported N1.29tn worth of wheat in 2021, a growth of 71.1% y/y when compared to 2020. Though devaluation of the currency could account […]
Real-Time Economic Indicators Help Better Track Activity in Africa
(Photo: JordiStock/iStock by Getty Images) CHART OF THE WEEK May 27, 2022/IMFBlog By Seung Mo Choi and Tara Iyer Economists are increasingly turning to new technologies that help track indicators such as growth and inflation in real time to sharpen their forecasts and offer better input for policymakers. Nowcasting, or […]
