Special economic zones (SEZs) have become one of the world’s most popular tools for attracting investment and promoting industrialisation, but excessive reliance on tax incentives often delivers limited long-term benefits while imposing high fiscal costs, according to a new International Monetary Fund (IMF) report.

In June, ​US President Donald Trump authorised a ⁠temporary suspension of certain duties on phosphate ​fertiliser imported from Morocco.

PPI is considered an indication of where consumer inflation may head in the next six months.

Ethiopia is set to modernise the way it forecasts and manages its economy under a new International Monetary Fund (IMF) technical assistance programme designed to strengthen economic planning, fiscal management and policy analysis.