Nigeria returned to a balance-of-payments surplus in the third quarter of 2025, buoyed by stronger export earnings, resilient ...

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says Nigeria recorded a balance of payments (BOP) surplus of $4.60 billion in the third quarter (Q3) of 2025.

Blog posts represent the views of CFR fellows and staff and not those of CFR, which takes no institutional positions. The IMF’s surveillance cycle for China is wrapping up, and at least judging from ...

BALANCE of payments (BOP) forecasts have again been revised by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP), which now sees a smaller deficit this year but a significantly wider one in 2026.

Blog posts represent the views of CFR fellows and staff and not those of CFR, which takes no institutional positions. For better or for worse, I have been trying to track the evolution of the foreign ...

The Philippines’ balance of payments is projected to shift from a modest surplus in 2024 to deficits in 2025 and 2026 as a ...

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says that the Nigeria recorded an overall Balance of Payments (BOP) surplus of $4.60 billion in the third quarter of 2025, reversing the deficit posted in the ...

The 1940s saw a series of movies with Bing Crosby and Bob Hope, starting with the Road to Singapore in 1940. The plot was always similar. Bing and Bob, two fast-talking con men or song-and-dance ...