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A second wave of the pandemic is currently under way and will prolong these impacts, delaying recovery this year. The slow roll-out of available vaccines will further extend the…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB259733
ISSN: 2633-304X
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Hit by the COVID-19 pandemic and plummeting global energy prices in the first half of the year, the government drew on its substantial reserves to fund fiscal stimulus and…
Reduced global demand due to COVID-19 and the collapse of OPEC+ output caps have driven prices under 40 dollars per barrel. That does not benefit Belarus, as its petroleum product…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB251393
ISSN: 2633-304X
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World Bank and IMF financial support totalling USD142mn, in the form of grants and zero-interest loans, will help partially to cover increasing external and fiscal financing gaps…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB257827
ISSN: 2633-304X
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Nigeria's COVID-19 response.
Ghanaian economic shocks.
Spending will be cut by nearly 2% this year to keep the budget in a slight surplus. Russian policymakers face a now familiar trade-off between their desire for fiscal rectitude…
Sri Lanka’s foreign exchange (forex) reserves fell to USD1.6bn at end-November, enough to finance only about one month’s imports. Colombo has in recent years relied on…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB266266
ISSN: 2633-304X
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This is the second devaluation of the naira in less than six months on the official foreign exchange (forex) market. The CBN has previously staved off a devaluation despite the…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB255029
ISSN: 2633-304X
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The collapse of world market prices of oil and natural gas since early March will have a severe impact on the finances of the Algerian government, which relies on hydrocarbons…