Daily Archives: June 23, 2020

  • A difficult fiscal position

    The fiscal position of the Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) is, not surprisingly, tight, as oil prices have crashed and economic growth has slowed down. As we describe below, being able to re-finance debt cheaply is critical to the FGN. So, the fact that Naira interest rates are so low (no government T-bill or bond …

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Year Ahead-Re-risking the financial system

Year Ahead 2020: Re-risking the financial system

Oil prices: In a global oil market threatened with over-supply, it appears that OPEC, and its ally Russia, are doing a good job of limiting production.