Mauritius has adhered to the IMF’s Special Data Dissemination Standard (SDDS) Plus, the highest tier of the IMF’s Data Standards Initiatives. It is the first country in Africa and the 32nd country ...
The IMF and global statistical institutions propose StatGPT, an AI system that retrieves official statistics directly from trusted databases using natural language queries, ensuring accuracy instead ...
Nigeria has never been a straightforward economy to read. It is one of Africa's largest markets, yet its signals have a habit ...
Systems like digital IDs, payments rails and data exchange layers should be treated like traditional infrastructure. The IMF cites India as a real-world case.
China's continuing shift toward consumption-led growth will strengthen its economic resilience and further support the building of a more balanced and strong global economy, officials of leading ...
Some researchers are sounding the alarm over the official data sets that track crucial aspects of life in the United States, ...
After the 2022 energy shock, EU governments ‌spent 550 bln euros shielding consumers and firms from cost spikes. This time, ...
Former IMF chief economist Gita Gopinath said the Iran crisis is presenting a “nightmare scenario” for central bankers around the world.
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Reliable macroeconomic statistics are fundamental to economic governance. Last year, the IMF, even while revising India’s GDP growth projections upwards, assigned a “C” rating to our National Accounts ...
Governments that value effective policymaking should be alert to the perils of falling survey-response rates, inadequate ...
This 13th annual edition of the Financial Times ranking of the world’s top online MBA programmes lists the top 20 schools out of a total of 25 schools that took part in the 2026 edition. Business ...
The Reserve Bank has lifted interest rates by 0.25 percentage points as the war in the Middle East sends oil, gas, and petrol prices soaring.