April 21, 2022/United Capital Research The global macroeconomic space has been dominated by key global economic institutions’ downward revision of global economic growth expectations necessitated by unanticipated events that have rocked the global economy. First, the World Bank announced a cut in its forecasts by 0.9ppt to 3.2% (from 4.1% […]
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IMF Trims Global Growth and Raises Nigeria’s Growth Outlook
April 20, 2022/Coronation Research In its latest World Economic Outlook (WEO), the IMF has trimmed its global forecast for 2022 to 3.6% y/y from 4.4% y/y. For 2023, the growth projection was revised downwards from 3.8% y/y to 3.6% y/y. Since the last WEO released in January, risks to economic […]
Governments Need Agile Fiscal Policies as Food and Fuel Prices Spike
(Photo: GarySandyWales/iStock by Getty Images) April 20, 2022/IMFBlog By Jean-Marc Fournier, Vitor Gaspar, Paulo Medas and Roberto Accioly Perrelli Spending imperatives from pandemic and war meet high debt and tight budget constraints. Just as increasing vaccinations offered hope, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine disrupted the global economic recovery. One of the […]
