Debt is one of the Main drivers of Nigerian Economy. The 8th National assembly has approved about $6BN out of $29.96BN loan with $22.8BN outstanding. This is to be funded with about $17BN loan from China-Exim Bank which will be channelled to the funding of Infrastructure, which will enhance the productivity of Nigerian economy. Punch
Equities Market The Nigerian Equity Bourse recorded a downward slide, as NSE ASI and Market capitalization both decreased by 0.35% to 28,423.27 Index Points and N14.645Tr respectively. Year-to-Date ASI is still at a positive of 5.92%. Number of trade and Volume of trade both increased by 9.41% and 1.30% to 5199 and 254.860 Million while…
Producer prices are one of the main drivers of Europe’s Economy. Eurozone headline inflation increased to 1.4% in January 2020, while the slowdown in industry deflation declined by 4.0% in December caused by a less prominent fall in Energy prices. Reuters
Global Economy –Rundown: The United State Federal Reserve left its key lending rate within the corridors of 1.50%-1.75%, while it upheld that at the current rate the Country’s economic expansion would be sustained, citing the strong job market and inflation rate clinching to the Federal Reserve rate of 2%. The Fed in agreeing to cap…
Equities Market The Nigerian Equity Bourse recorded a downward slide, as NSE ASI and Market capitalization both decreased by 1.08% to 28,533.40 Index Points and N14.697Tr respectively. Year-to-Date ASI is still at a positive of 6.30%. Volume of trade and Value of trade both decreased by 27.83% and 25.07% to 251.592 Million and N3.152 Billion…
Interest rates are one of the main drivers of Chinese Economy. China’s Central bank injected 150 billion Yuan ($21.4 billion) using 7-day and 14-day reverse repurchase agreements while decreasing both 7-day & 14-day reverse repurchase agreements interest rates by 10 basis points. These should reduce the negative effect of spreading the Coronavirus. Bloomberg
Equities Market The Nigerian Equity Bourse recorded a downward slide, as NSE ASI and Market capitalization both decreased by 0.27% to 29,030.93 Index Points and N14.954Tr respectively. Year-to-Date ASI is still at a positive of 8.15%. Number of trade, Volume of trade and Value of trade all increased by 24.04%, 13.06% and 98.09% to 4411,…
Impact investment is one of the main drivers of Nigerian Economy. Nigeria recorded $4.7 billion inflow of impact investment from 2015 to date while the size of Ghana’s impact investment market is $1.2billion since 2015. This has led to positive impact on the Nigerian people and the environment while delivering goods that will contribute in…
Debt is one of the main drivers of Nigeria Economy. The total debt owed to the World Bank Group by Nigeria rose by $1.3bn in one year to $9.81bn while the total public debt rose to N26.22Tn as of September 2019. The debt office said new domestic borrowings this year (N1.59tn) would be raised through…
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) policies is one of the main drivers of Nigerian financial system. CBN policy makers increased the Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) to 27.5% while maintaining the Monetary Policy Rate (MPR) at 13.5%. These should reduce the amount of money available for banks to lend, essentially pressuring liquidity with a goal of…
