May 10, 2020/Fitch Ratings Economic implications of the coronavirus pandemic have been deep and substantial across the US, and state-level unemployment claims data imply a wide range of effects across states that will drive economic and revenue trends, says Fitch Ratings. Total unemployment claims filed since the start of the […]
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Oil Holds Gains Despite Massive Unemployment
May 8, 2020/OilPrice.com Oil markets are on course to see their second consecutive weekly gain as the OPEC+ production cut comes into effect and a wave of shut-ins hit the shale patch. Friday, May 8th, 2020 The U.S. Labor Department reported a loss of more than 20 million jobs in […]
Investment Case Frayed at the Edges
Culled—Proshare May 8, 2020 FBNQuest Research From our chart we see the steady deterioration in the sentiment of foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) towards listed Nigerian equities. In calendar years their net outflow widened from N66bn in 2018 to N104bn in 2019. Data from the NSE for the first quarter […]

