OPINION/EDITORIAL

Revisiting Nigeria’s Persistent FX Challenges

April 14, 2022/United Capital Research While the Nigerian economy can be said to have finally returned to pre-pandemic levels, the FX market clearly remains under pressure from rising dollar demand and year-on-year weakening in FX earning capacity of the economy. This essentially means unrelenting pressure on the nation’s sacred economic […]

The Right Labor Market Policies Can Ease the Green Jobs Transition

(Photo: IMF Photo/Tamara Merino) April 13, 2022/IMFBlog By John Bluedorn and Niels-Jakob Hansen Measures include job training, tax credits for lower-income workers, green infrastructure and R&D investment push, and a carbon tax. Consensus on the need to build a greener economy often founders on concern over potential job losses. It’s […]

Fast-Moving FinTech Poses Challenge for Regulators

(IMAGE: ISMAGILOV/ISTOCK BY GETTY IMAGES) April 13, 2022/IMFBlog By Antonio Garcia Pascual and Fabio Natalucci Emerging firms are quickly making inroads into critical financial services, and often taking on more risk than traditional banks. Technology sometimes moves at a dizzying pace. When it comes to innovation in financial activities, often […]