August 18, 2021/CSL Research Consumer prices continue to taper, as headline inflation moderated by 38bps to 17.37%. While the high base was supportive, the food segment of the CPI basket remains the major driver of disinflation. In the same vein, month-on-month inflation tapered by 17bps to 0.91% y/y. Food inflation […]

August 17, 2021/OilPrice.com Chart of the Week – Oil and gas majors have withstood the immediate ramifications of a sternly-worded IPCC report warning of the dire consequences of climate change quite well. – Energy companies remain the second-most lucrative investment in the S&P 500 pool, having gained 30% over the course […]

August 17, 2021/CSL Research Yesterday, reports emerged that the Federal Government of Nigeria has hatched plans to borrow more in the bid to fill the deficit that its highly ambitious budget estimates would create for 2022. At a public hearing where this was culled, the Director-General, Debt Management Office (DMO), […]