OPINION/EDITORIAL

Demand and Supply Shocks From COVID-19 Keep Inflation Higher for Longer

Culled—Proshare July 6, 2020 PwC Nigeria  Continued Rise In Inflation: Staying Higher for Longer Headline inflation rose by 12.4% year-on-year in May 2020 – the highest in 26 months – from 12.3% in April. The continued rise in headline inflation was partly caused by the supply shocks to commodity prices […]

The strange absence of the institutional investor

July 6, 2020/Coronation Report From time to time we notice equity markets taking a pause, trading sideways for a month, before launching again upwards or downwards. One of the ways to measure the health of an equity market is its turnover. The Nigerian equity market’s turnover has been trending downwards […]

Oil Price Recovery is About to Run Out of Steam

July 6, 2020/Cordros Report In our 2020 Mid-Year Outlook, we stated that although we expect a rebound in demand, as major economies emerge from lockdowns, we think this will be gradual and will likely not return to pre-COVID-19 levels before the end of 2021. On supply, we also stated that […]