Credit: phongphan5922/iStock by Getty Images Chart of the Week Financial markets October 27, 2022/IMFBlog Fabio Cortes, Glenn Gottselig, Shoko Ikarashi, Aki Yokoyama Liquidity is a key measure of how well financial markets are working. It refers to how easily assets can be bought or sold—and when it dries up, it […]
OPINION/EDITORIAL
FG’s Oil Revenue Problem; A Recipe for Sustained Fiscal Troubles
October 27, 2022/United Capital Research The recently released Public Presentation of the 2023 Budget proposal revealed that Nigeria generated a total of N3.7tn revenue between Jan–Aug 2022 compared to the pro-rated sum of N5.5tn expected for the period. This implies that Nigeria was only able to generate 66.7% of the […]
No Respite for Inflation as Floods Limit Food Supply
October 26, 2022/CSL Research The recent heaving flooding across most parts of Nigeria remains a critical factor that will drive food inflation numbers for the last quarter of 2023. According to a Business Day news report, traders and distributors say the price of a 50kg bag of locally parboiled rice […]
