International Monetary Fund
20 Jul 2016
From the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has come the not-so-cheery news that Britain’s exit from the European Union (EU) would have negative impact on some nations including Nigeria.
19 Jul 2016
The IMF slashed its growth forecast for the Nigerian economy this year on Tuesday, saying a combination of plunging oil revenues and weakened investor confidence will push it into recession.
15 Jul 2016
Angola has halved its 2016 economic growth forecast and slashed government spending as lower oil prices hammer state revenues in Africa’s largest crude exporter, the finance ministry said on Monday.
15 Jul 2016
Ghana’s annual consumer price inflation fell to 18.4 percent in June from 18.9 percent in May, driven by stability in food and fuel prices, the statistics office said on Wednesday.
11 Jul 2016
According to IMF, Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product’s growth will fall from 2.8 per cent in 2015, to 2.3 per cent in 2016, but will still be higher than South Africa’s 0.6 per cent early this year.
30 Jun 2016
Failure of past budgets to meet targeted demands and create wealth for greater majority of Nigerians in the last two decades has been attributed to the aftermath of the Structural Adjustment Programme...
20 Jun 2016
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17 Jun 2016
IMF managing director Christine Lagarde said last month the lack of transparency behind the transactions was “clearly concealing corruption”.
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