World Economy Expected To Expand In 2018
...be the fastest-growing region in the world at 6.1 percent. We expect growth to be up from 2017 levels in…
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Nigeria Fiscal Situation Signaling A Debt Crisis
...revenues. The new external borrowing will take the country’s total external debt stock to $24.9 billion from the current $22.16…
The Next 12 Months For Global Investors
...fifteen years’ financial markets experience in senior positions. He was previously Head of Global Markets (Southern Africa), Head of Research…
Emerging Markets Continuing “Positive Run”
...de-stocking,” Wolf said. Pedestrians shop at a busy Balogun Market in Lagos, Nigeria, on Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2017. Two of…
Nigeria Inflation: Highest In More Than A Decade
...years, and the ninth straight monthly rise in another sign of the crisis in what is regarded as Africa’s biggest…
Downgrades Mount For Nigeria As IMF Cuts Forecast
...followed, trimming its growth expectations for Africa’s largest economy to 1.9 percent from 2.1 percent last April. Herder-farmer clashes in…
Angola Forecast Cut Amid Low Oil
...March of this year that he will step down in 2018. Shortly after in June, it was announced that his…
Turkey Contagion: How Deep Can It Get?
...the recent sell-off exposed select fixed-income opportunities in sub-Saharan Africa and the Middle East—both of which should benefit from higher…
MENA: Change On The Horizon
...East and North Africa Department with the Institute of International Finance (IIF), Garbis Iradian focuses his work and research on…
UAE Managing Oil Price Declines
...as chief economist for the Middle East and North Africa Department with the Institute of International Finance (IIF), Garbis Iradian…
One Belt One Road: An Ambitious Undertaking
...corporations welcome the opportunity to support the series of cross-border infrastructure projects. With over 60 countries and 4.4 billion people…
Fitch Takes Namibia Down To “Junk”
...concentrated in the Middle East and Africa. Furthermore, most of them were by Moody’s. Moody’s downgraded Oman from Baa1 to…