Tag: IMF
IMF Staff agrees with CBN’s accommodative monetary stance, welcomes FG’s fiscal...
By Audrey Lotechukwu
FRI, 11 DEC, 2020-theGBJournal- The International Monetary Fund (IMF) staff team led by Jesmin Rahman today released their preliminary findings on their...
AfDB, 11 leading Multilateral Development Banks, IMF launch first joint report...
"To accelerate Africa's development, we will continue joining investment hands across the globe" – Adesina
FRI, 11 DEC, 2020-theGBJournal- The African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org) joined...
IMF projects -4.3% growth for Nigeria in 2020, assumes $41 a...
By Audrey Lotechukwu
WED, OCT 14 2020-theG&BJournal-The International Monetary Fund (IMF) in its October 2020 World Economic Outlook published Tuesday said the global economy is...
Reps approve FG’s $5.513 billion borrowing request, increase recurrent expenditure by...
WED, JUN 10 2020-theG&BJournal-The Federal House of Representatives today approved the Federal Government’s (FG) request to borrow $5.513 billion from external sources to finance...
How the great lockdown saved lives
By Pragyan Deb, Davide Furceri, Jonathan D. Ostry and Nour Tawk
TUE, JUN 02 2020-theG&BJournal- Since the COVID-19 outbreak was first reported in Wuhan, China...
$3.4bn loan: IMF backs Nigeria’s transparency measures
…IMF’s mission chief explains why Nigeria did not benefit from recent IMF debt service relief
FRI, MAY 29 2020-theG&BJournal- The International Monetary Fund (IMF)...
Governments have spent $9 trillion as fiscal support in response to...
WED, MAY 20 2020-theG&BJournal- Governments around the globe have put forward $9 trillion as fiscal support in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The amount...
Nigeria’s economy grew 2.27% y-on-y in 2019
By Audrey Lotechukwu
THUR, APRIL 30 2020-theG&BJournal- Nigeria’ Gross Domestic Product grew in real terms by 2.27% year-on-year, a significant improvement compared to 1.91% recorded...
COVID-19 Nigeria: Nigeria finally gets $3.4 billion emergency support from IMF
TUE, APRIL 28 2020-theG&BJournal- The of SDR 2,454.5 million (US$ 3.4 billion, 100 percent of quota) emergency financial assistance comes under the Rapid Financing...
The short-term liquidity line: A new IMF tool to help in...
By Geoffrey Okamoto
Challenging times for emerging markets
THUR, APRIL 23 2020-theG&BJournal- The COVID-19 pandemic has severely disrupted the global economy at every level. Across the...