Category: Business

  • Transactions In Fixed Income, Currency Market Up 94.9%

    Transactions In Fixed Income, Currency Market Up 94.9%

    A report by FMDQ Exchange Limited’s Fixed Income and Currency (FIC) Market Summary for September, 2021 has shown that the turnover in the fixed income and currency market rose to N24.03 trillion in September, 2021. This represents a 94.89 percent Month-on-Month (MoM) increase compared to N11.7 trillion in August and  a 70.79 percent Year-on-Year (YoY)…

  • Banks’ Earnings Hit N2.64tn In Nine Months

    Banks’ Earnings Hit N2.64tn In Nine Months

    According to data collated from the third quarter earnings of the banks, Nine banks made a gross earning of N2.64tn in the first nine months of 2021. This is N132.64bn increase from what the banks made in the corresponding period of 2020. In 2020, the banks had a gross earning of N2.50tn. The nine banks…

  • Manufacturing Index Expands To 47.3 Points

    Manufacturing Index Expands To 47.3 Points

    The Central Bank of Nigeria has said that the economy has recorded slight expansion Month-on-Month, MoM, in October 2021 as the Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) rose to 47.3 index points, as against 46.6 index points recorded in the preceding month. However, the new index point still falls below the positive benchmark of 50 index…

  • Manufacturing Output Hits N7tn In Q3′ 2021

    Manufacturing Output Hits N7tn In Q3′ 2021

    According to data contained in the latest Gross Domestic Product report released by the Nigerian Bureau of Statistics, in the third quarter of the year, the manufacturing sector recorded a total output of N7.1tn. The N7.1tn is higher than N5.4tn recorded in the second quarter of 2021. The output of N7.1tn for Q3 2021 also…

  • External reserves lost $610m in November

    External reserves lost $610m in November

    The Central Bank of Nigeria has revealed that the nation’s external reserves fell by $610m last month. The figures obtained from the apex bank showed that the reserves dropped to N$41.22bn as of November 29 from $41.83bn on October 29. The CBN also disclosed that at the present level, the external reserves could meet the…

  • Nigeria’s Trade Deficit Falls By 61%

    Nigeria’s Trade Deficit Falls By 61%

    The Central Bank of Nigeria has disclosed in its Monthly Economic Report for July 2021 that the nation’s trade deficit fell year-on-year by 61 per cent to $340 million in July 2021 from $880 million in July  2020. However, receipts from crude oil and gas exports rose by 127 percent to $3.99 billion in October…

  • Nigeria’s GDP Grows By 4.03% In Q3

    Nigeria’s GDP Grows By 4.03% In Q3

    The National Bureau of Statistics announced that Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product  grew by 4.03 per cent in the third quarter of the year (Q3 2021). The Statistician-General of the Federation and the Chief Executive Officer of the NBS, Mr Simon Harry, explained that the negative GDP figures recorded in 2020 as a result of the…

  • Capital inflow crashes by 80%

    Capital inflow crashes by 80%

    The Central Bank of Nigeria reports have indicated the capital inflow to Nigeria has crashed by 80 per cent in two years. The capital inflow to Nigeria fell from $17.1bn in July 2019 to $3.4bn in July 2021. The central bank reports showed that Nigeria recorded $17.1bn capital inflow between January and July, 2019. When…

  • Net Forex Inflow Rose To $2.77bn In July

    Net Forex Inflow Rose To $2.77bn In July

    The Central Bank of Nigeria said in its report on forex flows the net foreign exchange inflow into the Nigerian economy rose slightly to $2.77bn in July from $2.27bn in June. Despite the contraction in autonomous inflow, the apex bank added that  the upward trajectory in crude oil prices improved forex inflow through the bank,…

  • Nigeria Records Growth in Cargo Movement

    Nigeria Records Growth in Cargo Movement

    According to statistics from the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) on passenger, cargo and aircraft movement, in the first six months of 2021, Nigeria recorded a total of 126, 541, 949 kg of air cargo. This is made up of 112, 949, 463. 51 kg of imports and 13, 592, 486.12 kg of exports.…