Tag: Inflation

World economy on recovery road, but weak inflation threatens: Reuters poll

A much better year lies in store for most of the world’s major developed economies, although weak inflation will persist, complicating central banks’ ability to get interest rates back to normal, Reuters polls forecast on Thursday. As in the last few years, the United States looks set to the lead […]

Nigerians anxious over pre-election year inflation

Financial and economic analysts on Tuesday expressed concerns over the looming ‘macro-economic instability’ in the country, saying patronage politics could make this year, which is a pre-election year, an economically harsh one. According to them, a lot of money being piled up by politicians for elections next year, would be […]

Niger’s GDP to Increase by 6.5% in 2014-IMF

By Peter OBIORA InvestAdvocate Lagos (INVESTADVOCATE)-The International Monetary Fund (IMF) Monday said Niger’s Real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is expected to grow to 6.5 percent (6.5%) in 2014. This is coming on the heels of the discussions with the Nigerien authorities on the second and third reviews of the economic […]