OPINION/EDITORIAL

A Hopeless and Imperative Endeavor: Lessons from the Pandemic for Economic Forecasters

December 17, 2021/US Federal Reserve Governor Christopher J. Waller Thank you, Mike, for the introduction. It is a privilege for me to address fellow macroeconomic forecasters, and I thought an appropriate subject would be the challenge of forecasting during the pandemic.1 First, a few remarks about my outlook. Then I will […]

November 2021 Inflation Report: Deceleration Continues

December 17, 2021/InvestmentOne Report Please click to download our November 2021 Inflation Update Recently released report by the National Bureau of Statistics, showed that headline inflation continued its decelerating trend in the month of November 2021. Headline inflation figure for the month rose by 15.40% (year-on-year), 0.59% lesser than the 15.99% […]

Still on Nigeria’s Rising Debt Servicing Cost; Spent N2.49trn in 9M 2021

December 17, 2021/CSL Research According to news reports and based on data from Debt Management Office, Nigeria spent N2.49tn on debt servicing payments in the first nine months of 2021. The quarterly breakdown showed that between January and March 2021, Nigeria spent a total of N1.02tn while from April to […]