Tag: International Monetary Fund

Private Sector Growth; Headed for the Rocks?

21/4/2016/Cordros In what appears to be an open agreement with our opinion (expressed in our most recent economic note “Monetary Policy Committee May Tighten”), the CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele, on Saturday (April 16, 2016), revealed that the country’s Monetary Policy Rate (MPR) will still have to rise. The CBN boss […]

Leaders Set Landmark Global Goals for Pricing Carbon Pollution

21/4/2016/IMF Call for faster action on carbon pricing to deliver on Paris climate change agreement Six heads of state and government, two city and state leaders, and the heads of the World Bank Group, the International Monetary Fund and the OECD today agreed on an ambitious global target for putting […]

International Organisations Take Major Step to Boost Global Cooperation in Tax Matters

19/4/2016/IMF The International Monetary Fund (IMF), the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the United Nations (UN) and the World Bank Group (WBG) announced today the details of their joint effort to intensify their cooperation on tax issues: the Platform for Collaboration on Tax.  The Platform will not only […]