July 3, 2020/OilPrice.com Oil prices hit four-month highs this week, but bearish sentiment quickly snapped back into place and halted the rally. Friday, July 3rd, 2020 Crude oil hit four-month highs on Thursday, aided by a tightening market and a better-than-expected U.S. jobs report. The caveat is that the jobs […]
OPINION/EDITORIAL
SSA Monetary Policy Response to COVID-19: At the expense of price stability?
July 3, 2020/United Capital Report The global outbreak of the novel Coronavirus in early 2020 precipitated an economic crisis in the sub-Saharan African region as the prices of key export commodities (especially crude oil) of most countries within the region slumped, prompting a panic exit by foreign portfolio investors and […]
Fragile Macro Conditions to Hinder Loan Creation
Culled—Proshare July 2, 2020 by CSL Research Fitch ratings agency in a recent report on the Nigerian banking sector expressed that the present economic downturn will weigh heavily on the ability of Nigerian banks to grow their loan books. The agency projected that loan growth will decline from 14% year-on-year […]

