October 8, 2025/CSL Research Yesterday, we published our fixed income and equities market report highlighting the outlook for both the fixed income and equity markets in Nigeria amidst an improving economic environment and policy support from the Central Bank of Nigeria. See (CSL Economics and Strategy report 07 Oct 2025_ […]
OPINION/EDITORIAL
N21Trn Illusion: How Banks’ Appetite for Government Debt Chokes Growth
October 8, 2025 By Blaise Udunze In a healthy economy, banks serve as the arteries through which capital flows to productive enterprises, creating jobs, stimulating innovation, and driving national prosperity. In Nigeria, however, the reverse has become true as the financial system now thrives not by financing growth, but by […]
Good Policies (and Good Luck) Helped Emerging Economies Better Resist Shocks
(Credit: IMF Photo/James Mertz) October 6, 2025/IMFBlog By Marijn Bolhuis, Arindam Roy, Patrick Schneider, Zhao Zhang Emerging market economies have held up remarkably well in recent years, even after periods of global financial turbulence. While favorable external conditions (in other words, good luck) often helped, it’s clear that good policies matter. In the […]
