The Federal Government on Saturday announced that it has qualified for processing a loan, described as ‘virtually a grant’ of $2.25 billion from the World Bank at 1 percent interest rate. Wale Edun, the finance minister, disclosed this during a joint press conference of the ministry of finance and the …
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United States needs to raise revenues to bring down high budget deficits even though they are helping to fuel global growth by stoking domestic U.S. demand, International Monetary Fund First Deputy Managing Director Gita Gopinath said on Saturday. Gopinath told a fiscal forum at the IMF and World Bank spring …
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