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Nigeria’s central bank: still hawkish
Falling inflation wasn’t enough to twist policy makers’ arms in Nigeria on Tuesday. The central bank’s monetary policy committee left its policy rate at 12 per cent for a third consecutive time....
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Nigeria: the (inde)x-factor slashes yields
Joining the club can bring a whole new bunch of friends. In the case of Nigeria, which last month was admitted by JP Morgan to its emerging market Government Bond Index with effect from October, it...
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Nigeria GDP: up, but not on oil
Nigeria’s economy grew 6.5 per cent in the third quarter, slightly up from 6.4 per cent in the previous period. Continue reading »
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Nigeria: down goes inflation – but not rates (yet)
After years of persistently high inflation, you would think taming the beast would be cause for celebration. Not in Nigeria – or in the central bank, at any rate. Despite inflation falling to a 5-year...
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Sanusi: Nigerian ‘rates more likely to go up than down’
As African central bank governors go, few have a higher profile than Lamido Sanusi – and few have courted more controversy. Appointed in the midst of a debt crisis in 2009, his bold moves to fix...
View ArticleNigeria interest rates: can’t move, won’t move
Nigeria’s central bank has held its policy interest rate at 12 per cent for the 12th consecutive month. Can anything make it budge? Analysts seem to think not. There are three factors that will keep...
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FT interview: Nigeria seeks to reassure investors
The Nigerian economy has enough resilience to ride out the wave of Boko Haram terror attacks, the country’s finance minister said in an attempt to persuade foreign investors to keep their holdings in...
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Guest post: Nigerian banks suffer in the oil storm
By Peter Leger, Coronation Fund Managers So you thought a six-month break on a desert island looked appealing and spent long hours in silent meditation, reflecting on self-actualisation, harmony and...
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Guest post: reforming the Nigerian economy in the era of low oil
By Charles Okeahalam, AGH Capital Nigeria is facing a number of difficulties, most notably the absence of security in the north-east of the country where Boko Haram has killed thousands of people....
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Nigeria’s problems are compounded by sub-national debt
By Matthew Page, Council on Foreign Relations Africa’s largest economy is struggling to find its feet. Sliding oil prices threaten to derail President Muhammadu Buhari’s efforts to put Nigeria’s public...
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