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 […]
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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 […]
Nigeria’s Crude Oil Output Woes Falls to Take Up Potential Market Opportunity
April 20, 2022/United Capital Research Nigeria’s crude output has consistently fallen way below its OPEC+ output quota agreement for a while now. Factors such as community interference, industrial actions by oil workers, Covid-19 outbreak at terminals, and pipeline vandalism have played a role in underproduction. A recent monthly oil market […]
