Brazil’s economy puts damper on Rio carnival
AFP photo The Rio carnival is a celebration of joyful excess but deep recession in Brazil means that samba schools are thinking about their budgets as much as their dance…
AFP photo The Rio carnival is a celebration of joyful excess but deep recession in Brazil means that samba schools are thinking about their budgets as much as their dance…
Greece on Tuesday urged Germany to drop its “irrational” demand that it meet a 3.5-per cent primary budget surplus over a 10-year period, and be “constructive” about calls to ease…
Greek Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos at the eurozone finance ministers meeting in Brussels Greece and its international lenders agreed on Monday to let teams of experts work out new reforms…
CBN Governor Godwin Emefiele Nigeria’s central bank plans to boost dollar sales for school fee payment and travel abroad so as to reduce the premium paid on the black market…
Minister of Budget and National Planning, Sen Udoma Udo Udoma The Federal Government has raised N160 billion ($525 million) in local currency bonds at its second debt auction this year.…
Central Bank Governor Nigeria’s central bank has disbursed $2.83 billion to critical sectors of the economy in December and January, it said in a statement on Thursday, in an attempt…
REUTERS photo The International Monetary Fund is doing the best it can to agree on bailout loans for Greece but cannot compromise its principles and cut a sweetheart deal for…
International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Christine Lagarde International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde said on Sunday that she was worried about the result of looming elections in Europe,…
OPEC countries are largely complying with a landmark deal to reduce the global oil glut, the IEA said on Feb. 10, as it predicted that oil demand was likely to…
Greek Finance Minister Tsakalotos and Eurogroup President Dijsselbloem Greece and its international lenders made clear progress on Friday towards bridging differences over its fiscal path in coming years, moving closer…