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IMF Staff Completes 2025 Article IV Mission to Nigeria
An International Monetary Fund team, led by Axel Schimmelpfennig, IMF mission chief for Nigeria, visited Lagos and Abuja on April 2–15 to hold discussions for the 2025 Article IV Consultations with Ni ...
Trump blasts Fed Chair Powell, saying his ‘termination cannot come fast enough’
President Donald Trump on Thursday ratcheted up his criticism against Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, calling for his ...
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Can Trump fire Powell? How the President can and can’t sway the fed
The US president has said the central bank should lower interest rates — and that Chair Powell’s “termination cannot come fast enough” ...
As tariffs darken the economic outlook, Trump sizes up Powell as a scapegoat
Donald Trump is showing why independent central banks are a good idea. The president’s double tirade against Federal Reserve ...
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New Survey Reveals South Africa, Brazil, India and Germany's Attitudes to Foreign Policy [analysis]
Körber-Stiftung's Emerging Middle Powers Report presents geopolitical perspectives from Brazil, India, South Africa and Germany.Decision-makers from Brazil, India, South Africa and Germany have ...
Trump’s attacks on central bank threaten its independence − and that isn’t good news for sound economic stewardship (or battling inflation)
Monetary policy can be wielded as a tool to boost an economy around election time, which explains why politicians want to ...
Trump’s attacks on Powell threaten the Fed’s independence. Here’s why it matters
Donald Trump has stepped up his attacks on Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell at the same time that the Supreme Court is ...