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MWC 2017: The Emergence of Anytime, Anywhere Commerce

February 22, 2018/MasterCard Jordan Mckee As always, MWC will serve as the bellwether for the major mobile trends set to influence the direction of the payments industry. The Internet of Things (IoT) will be an inescapable component of 2017’s show, and its impact on commerce will be particularly acute. While […]

Q4 2016 GDP Expectation: Another Quarter of Decline

Culled—Proshare February 22, 2017/Meristem Research The Q4 2016 GDP report is expected to be released on the 28thof February 2017. We expect a further decline in output, though at a declining rate. We put our growth forecast at -1.14% for the period based on the following premise: Our expectation of […]

Inflation: After the ‘Reggae’ Comes The Base Effect Blues

Culled—Proshare February 22, 2017/ARM Research Over the last one year, headline inflation tracked faster, reaching an eleven-year high in January 2017 as the cumulative impact of hikes in electricity tariff and fuel cost as well as naira weakness induced pressures on consumer prices. However, starting in February, we expect base […]