(IMAGE: SORBETTO/ISTOCK BY GETTY IMAGES) February 22, 2022/IMFBlog By Itai Agur, Damien Capelle, Giovanni Dell’Ariccia, and Damiano Sandri In exceptional times, monetary finance may provide helpful policy support but there are risks. The severe economic challenges posed by the global financial crisis, and more recently the pandemic, sparked a debate on whether central banks […]
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Oil Prices Climb On A Bounty Of Bullish Catalysts
February 22. 2022/OilPrice.com Chart of the Week – Oil prices rose to their highest level since 2014 after Moscow recognized the independence of the breakaway regions of Donetsk and Luhansk and moved its troops into eastern Ukraine, aggravating European supply concerns. – Spot Brent prices have been trading above the […]
Nigeria’s Economic Recovery: Well Underway, Seemingly
February 22, 2022/United Capital Research Last week, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) released a flurry of relatively positive economic data. The Q4-2021 GDP report estimated that the Nigerian economy grew 4.0% in Q4-2021, while expanding by 3.4% y/y in FY-2021. Non-Oil sector growth remained the main driver, expanding by […]
