Daily Archives: September 13, 2021

  • Coronation Economic Note: Manufacturing sector in focus

    Today we turn our attention to the recently released national accounts for Q2 2021 from the National Bureau of Statistics. The data show that GDP grew by 5.0% y/y in Q2. Although the oil economy contracted by -12.7% y/y, the non-oil economy grew by 6.7% y/y. For the latter, this is an improvement from the …

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  • Nigerian Banks: H1 2021 Scorecard

    The scorecard for the listed banks that have reported their H1 results is mixed.  We believe that it is a matter of timing changes in interest rates and that Q3 is likely to be a better story than Q2 and H1. See details below. FX Last week, the exchange rate at the Investors and Exporters …

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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.