February 17, 2026/CSL Update The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has released its Business Expectations Survey (BES) for January 2026, providing insights into business sentiment across the Industry, Services, and Agriculture sectors. The findings indicate that optimism about Nigeria’s macroeconomic outlook remains strong. The composite Business Confidence Index rose to […]
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anuary M/M Headline Slips into Deflationary Territory Amid Easing Food Pressures
February 17, 2026/Coronation Merchant Bank Economic Research Summary Headline inflation for January inched down by 5bps to 15.10% y/y from 15.15% y/y in December 2025, extending the disinflation trend observed in 2025. On a month-on-month basis, consumer prices contracted by 2.88% from 0.54% in prior month indicating a decline in […]
Is Nigeria Borrowing to Survive or Borrowing to Build?
February 16, 2026 By Blaise Udunze Nigeria is no longer flirting with deficit financing. As a country, it is living with it, not occasionally but structurally, routinely, almost comfortably. It became evident when the National Assembly rose to defend the proposed N25.91 trillion deficit in the N58.47 trillion 2026 budget […]
