February 17, 2026/Coronation Merchant Bank Economic Research Summary Headline inflation for January inched down by 5bps to 15.10% y/y from 15.15% y/y in December 2025, extending the disinflation trend observed in 2025. On a month-on-month basis, consumer prices contracted by 2.88% from 0.54% in prior month indicating a decline in […]
OPINION/EDITORIAL
Is Nigeria Borrowing to Survive or Borrowing to Build?
February 16, 2026 By Blaise Udunze Nigeria is no longer flirting with deficit financing. As a country, it is living with it, not occasionally but structurally, routinely, almost comfortably. It became evident when the National Assembly rose to defend the proposed N25.91 trillion deficit in the N58.47 trillion 2026 budget […]
Headline Inflation Slows to 15.10% Y/Y in January
February 16, 2026/Cordros Update Nigeria’s headline inflation moderated by 5bps to 15.10% y/y in January (December: 15.15% y/y). More notably, on a month-on-month basis, consumer prices contracted by 2.88%, a sharp reversal from the 0.54% increase recorded in December. Food inflation moderated by 195bps to 8.89% y/y in January (December: […]
