Retail sales are one of the main drivers of US economy. US retails sales increased to $73 billion in May 2020 which is 8% below February 2020 retail sales. This should aid in recovery of the US economy. Reuters
Equities Market · The Nigerian Equity Bourse recorded a downward slide, as NSE ASI and Market capitalization both decreased by -0.10% to 24,930.88 Index Points and N13.005 Trillion respectively. Year-to-Date ASI is still at a negative of -7.12%. · Number of trade, Volume of trade and Value of trade all decreased by -12.77%, -15.68% and…
Fiscal policies are one of the main drivers of the U.S. economy. U.S. Federal Reserve has launched its long-awaited Main Street lending program, which will offer up to $600 billion in loans to U.S. businesses with up to 15,000 employees or with revenues up to $5 billion. This should boost recovery of the U.S. economy…
Equities Market · The Nigerian Equity Bourse recorded a downward slide, as NSE ASI and Market capitalization both decreased by -0.90% to 24,956.04 Index Points and N13.02 Trillion respectively. Year-to-Date ASI is still at a negative of -7.03%. · Number of trade increased by 23.92% to 4,808 deals while Volume of trade and Value…
Factory output is one of the main drivers of China’s economy. China’s Industrial output growth increased to 4.4% in May 2020 from 3.9% in April 2020, while Retail sales decreased by 2.8% in May 2020 from 7.5% decrease in April 2020. These resulted from China’s gross domestic product decrease by 6.8% in the first quarter…
Equities Market · The Nigerian Equity Bourse recorded a downward slide, as NSE ASI and Market capitalization both decreased by -0.13% to 25,182.67 Index Points and N13.14 Trillion respectively. Year-to-Date ASI is still at a negative of -6.18%. · Number of trade decreased by -2.46% to 3,880 deals while Volume of trade and Value of…
Consumer prices are one of the main drivers of the US economy. US Consumer price index decreased month-on-month by 0.1% in May 2020 after decreasing 0.8% in April 2020 while, the CPI increased year-on-year by 0.1% in May 2020 after increasing by 0.3% in April 2020. These are as a result of the negative growth…
Equities Market · The Nigerian Equity Bourse recorded an upward swing, as NSE ASI and Market capitalization both increased by 0.34% to 25,335.15 Index Points and N13.22 Trillion respectively. Year-to-Date ASI is still at a negative of -5.61%. · Number of trade and Value of trade both decreased by -10.47% and -48.25% to 4137 deals…
Household spending is one of the main drivers of the Euro zone’s economy. GDP of the 19 countries sharing the euro decreased at the rate of 3.1% year-on-year in quarter one 2020. Household consumption was responsible for 2.5 percentage points and investment for 1 points of GDP, while net trade was -0.4 points, government spending…