The International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, announced on Tuesday the launch of a new initiative to increase access to trade finance for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Africa. The initiative, called the Africa Trade Finance Program (ATFP), aims […]

The Federal Reserve raised interest rates on Wednesday for the ninth time in a row, signaling that it was more concerned about inflation than the turmoil in the banking sector that has rattled global markets. The Fed lifted its benchmark rate by a quarter percentage […]