April 1, 2022/EBRD By EBRD multimedia team Beata Javorcik, EBRD’s Chief Economist (current) and also professor of Economics at Oxford University and Sergei Guriev, EBRD former Chief Economist and professor of economics at Science Po. Image Credit: EBRD The EBRD’s new podcast confronts the world’s biggest economic fears Listen to a new […]

April 1, 2022/Coronation Research Nigeria in focus The latest report from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) in its series on foreign trade in goods shows the total value of trade increased by 11.8% q/q to N11.7trn in Q4 ‘21. For FY ’21, total foreign trade increased by 57.6%, to […]

Capital Flows April 1, 2022/IMF Weekend Read (PHOTO: THAWEESAK SAENGNGOEN/ISTOCK BY GETTY IMAGES) Capital flows can help countries to grow and to share risks. But economies with large external debts can be vulnerable to financial crises and deep recessions when capital flows out. External liabilities are riskiest when they generate […]