By Peter OBIORA InvestAdvocate Lagos (INVESTADVOCATE)-The International Monetary Fund (IMF) Friday projected the growth of Japan to be 1.6 per cent (1.6%) in year 2013 end. This is coming on the heels of the annual Article IV discussions with the Japanese authorities. The IMF team said with Japan’s new policies […]
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IMF Board Reaffirms Lagarde’s Ability to Manage
By Peter OBIORA InvestAdvocate Lagos (INVESTADVOCATE) – The Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Tuesday said its confidence in the ability of Christine Lagarde as the Managing Director (MD) of the Fund. This is contained in a Statement from the IMF and made available to InvestAdvocate in […]
Nigeria’s Poverty Should Be Lower Given Growth, IMF Says
Nigeria’s poverty rate should be falling faster given its economic growth this decade, an official of the International Monetary Fund said. The share of citizens in Africa’s most populous country of more than 160 million who are considered poor fell to 62.6 percent in 2010 from 64.2 percent in 2004, […]
