Interest rate is one of the main drivers of UK economy. The Bank of England slashed interest rates by half a percentage point which returns the main interest rate to a record low of 0.25%. These should boost UK’s Economic output economic output by 1%. Reuters
Equities Market · The Nigerian Equity Bourse recorded an upward swing, as NSE ASI and Market capitalization both increased by 0.61% to 26,415.54 Index Points and N13.765 Tr respectively. Year-to-Date ASI is Still at a negative of -1.59%. · Number of trade, Volume of trade and Value of trade all decreased by 9.83%, 20.67% and…
Corona virus is one of the main negative drivers of the Global economy. The global economy is set to grow only 2.4% in 2020 down from a forecast of 2.9% in November 2019. The global growth could drop as low as 1.5% in 2020 if the Corona virus spreads throughout Asia, Europe and North America,…
Equities Market · The Nigerian Equity Bourse recorded a downward slide, as NSE ASI and Market capitalization both decreased by 2.21% to 26,216.46 Index Points and N13.658 Tr respectively. Year-to-Date ASI is now at a negative of -2.21%. · Number of trade, Volume of trade and Value of trade all increased by 44.76% 79.81% and…
Inflation is one of the main drivers of Germany’s economy. ECB’s inflation target is currently below but close to 2% while Bundesbank’s predicts a 0.6% GDP expansion in 2020. Coronavirus may lead to German Economy not meeting its growth forecast. Reuters
Equities Market · The Nigerian Equity Bourse recorded a downward slide, as NSE ASI and Market capitalization both decreased by 0.62% to 26,808.24 Index Points and N13.966 Tr respectively. Year-to-Date ASI is now at a negative of -0.13%. · Volume of trade and Value of trade both increased by 1.38% and 63.69% to 231.53 Million…
Business Spending is one of the main drivers of US economy. Business investment decreased by 2.3% rate in the 2019 fourth quarter, while consumer spending increased by 1.7 in the fourth quarter 2019. These led the US Gross domestic product to increase by 2.1% annualized rate. Reuters
Equities Market · The Nigerian Equity Bourse recorded a downward slide, as NSE ASI and Market capitalization both decreased by 0.22% to 26,974.38 Index Points and N14.052 Tr respectively. Year-to-Date ASI is still at a positive of 0.49%. · Number of trade, Volume of trade and Value of trade all decreased by 14.03%, 5.52% and…
Trade is one of the main drivers of German economy. Exports fell by 0.2% in the fourth quarter 2019, while Gross investment increased by 2.9% in the last quarter of 2019 with State consumption adding 0.1 percentage points to growth, while private consumption made no contribution. These led the German economy to grow by 0.6%…
Equities Market · The Nigerian Equity Bourse recorded a downward swing, as NSE ASI and Market capitalization both decreased by 1.27% to 27,041.03 Index Points and N14.087 Tr respectively. Year-to-Date ASI is still at a positive of 0.74%. · Number of trade, Volume of trade and Value of trade all increased by 2.49%, 1.83% and…
