OPINION/EDITORIAL

Financial Stability Risks Grow as War Complicates Push to Contain Inflation

(PHOTO: NIKADA/ISTOCK BY GETTY IMAGES) April 19, 2022/IMFBlog By Tobias Adrian While no systemic event has materialized, the balance of risks has tilted more firmly to the downside. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine raises financial stability risks for the world and poses questions about the longer-term impact on economies and markets. […]

Double-Digit Growth in the Assets of PFAs

April 19, 2020/Coronation Research The latest monthly report released by Nigeria’s Pension Commission (PENCOM) report shows that the assets under management (AUM) of the regulated pension industry rose by 12.4% y/y to N13.8trn (USD57.3bn) in February and by 1.2% m/m. We note that over the past five years, growth in […]

War Dims Global Economic Outlook as Inflation Accelerates

(Photo: Joel Carillet/iStock by Getty Images) April 19, 2022/IMFBlog By Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas The effects of the war will propagate far and wide, adding to price pressures and exacerbating significant policy challenges. Global economic prospects have been severely set back, largely because of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. This crisis unfolds even […]