May 18, 2026/Coronation Update Summary According to data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), Nigeria’s headline inflation rate sustained its upward trajectory in April 2026, rising 31bps to 15.69% y/y from 15.38% y/y in March. This marks the second consecutive month of increase in headline inflation, following the end […]
OPINION/EDITORIAL
Pre-MPC May 2026 MPC Expected to Maintain Rates at Its May 2026 Meeting
May 18, 2026/Cordros Report The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) is scheduled to convene on May 19th and 20th for its second meeting of 2026. This is the first meeting since the start of the Middle East conflict on February 28, 2026, and we expect the committee to consider the spillover […]
Somewhere Between Cacophony and Euphony
May 18, 2026/US SEC Commissioner Hester M. Peirce Today the Commission rescinded its decades-old no-admit/no-deny policy governing the settlement process.[1] Under this policy, settling defendants cannot publicly deny the allegations in a complaint or permit anyone else to do so. The Commission will no longer require and demand that defendants […]
