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Good Policies (and Good Luck) Helped Emerging Economies Better Resist Shocks

(Credit: IMF Photo/James Mertz) October 6, 2025/IMFBlog By Marijn Bolhuis, Arindam Roy, Patrick Schneider, Zhao Zhang Emerging market economies have held up remarkably well in recent years, even after periods of global financial turbulence. While favorable external conditions (in other words, good luck) often helped, it’s clear that good policies matter. In the […]

Monthly Fixed Income Market Insight – September 2025

October 6, 2025/InvestmentOne Report The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) eventually cut benchmark interest rate at its September 2025 meeting, after holding rates constant since the last hike in November 2024. The 50bps cut brings the Monetary Policy Rate (MPR) to 27.00% following the […]

Moody’s Affirms AFC’s A3 Rating, An Achievement Sustained for Over a Decade, with Out look Stable

The decision by Moody’s is pivotal in enabling AFC to sustain one of the lowest borrowing costs among institutions in Africa October 6, 2025/AFC Africa Finance Corporation (AFC), the continent’s leading infrastructure solutions provider, has once again had its long-term issuer credit rating of A3 affirmed by Moody’s Ratings, a […]