February 1, 2016/IMF The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the Government of India will co-host a high-level conference in New Delhi on March 11-13, 2016, to take stock of Asia’s strong economic performance, its increased resilience to shocks, and the region’s ongoing economic policy challenges. Advancing Asia: Investing for the […]
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Nigeria’s Economy to Grow by 3.78% in 2016-NBS
By Peter OBIORA InvestAdvocate Lagos (INVESTADVOCATE)-Nigeria’s economy is expected to grow by 3.78 percent in 2016 from 2.97 percent recorded in 2015, an increase of less than 100 basis points, according to a latest report from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). “Beyond 2016 however, growth is expected to jumpstart […]
Fitch: Nigeria’s Oil Response Has Downside Fiscal, Growth Risks
February 4, 2016/Fitch Ratings statement Fitch Ratings-London-04 February 2016: The Nigerian authorities’ recent economic policy announcements show the response to the oil price shock is coalescing around state-led development to boost economic growth and import substitution to blunt the effects of declining oil receipts, Fitch Ratings says. It is yet […]
