Gabon Hit by Oil Price Slide

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African economies began tapping into overseas markets for funding in the early 2000s, after debt burdens had been alleviated by the Highly Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Initiative. However, surging interest rates on dollar- and euro-denominated loans in recent years have prompte ...  Show more

Au Gabon le putsch mettant fin à la dynastie Bongo intervient dans un contexte économique contrasté. Le quotidien des Gabonais est très éloigné des bons chiffres macro-économiques de cet Etat pétrolier. Avec un produit intérieur brut à 8 800 dollars par habitant en 2022 selon la ...  Show more

Economics is sometimes called the “dismal science.” But the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has a surprisingly positive outlook for the U.S. economy—even if public sentiment hasn’t yet caught up. Host Ravi Agrawal discusses the state of the global economy with Gita Gopinath, th ...  Show more

The former British colony in South America boasts the world’s fastest-growing economy at the moment – it expanded by 62 per cent last year, according to the International Monetary Fund.The reason is oil. Since 2015, US oil major Exxon and its partners have made a series of massiv ...  Show more