Culled—Proshare September 19, 2017/ARM Research Higher Import and Service Deficit Surge Trim Surplus The blue ink in Nigeria’s current account (CA) narrowed from a surplus of $2.7 billion in Q1 2017 to $1.4 billion in the second quarter – the second consecutive QoQ contraction in CA surplus since the turn […]
Money Market
Growth in Money Supply Falls below Targets
Culled—Proshare September 18, 2017/FSDH The monetary aggregates (narrow money and broad money) as at July 2017 show that the annualised growth rate in money supply is below the target that the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has set for the year 2017. In Nigeria, narrow money supply (M1) is the […]
Pre MPC Note: Tightening Argument Overriding Despite Strengthening Case for Easing
Culled—Proshare September 18, 2017/Afrinvest Research Pre MPC Note: Tightening Argument Overriding despite Strengthening Case for Easing The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) is set to have its 5th meeting of the year on the 18th and 19th of September, 2017. As has been the case with all meetings held so far […]

