INFLATION WATCH – DECEMBER 2023
Inflation Watch – Final Inflation print for 2023 remains elevated Nigeria’s headline inflation increased at 28.92% y/y in December, adding 0.72 percentage points from 28.20% y/y in November 2023, and beating 28.60% y/y Bloomberg estimate.…
INFLATION WATCH – November 2023
Nigeria’s Inflation: The Wave of Escalating Prices Linger Nigeria’s year-on-year inflation paced higher in November at 28.20%, adding 0.87 percentage points from 27.33% y/y in October 2023, and beating 27.90% y/y Bloomberg estimate. Likewise,…
Q3 2023 GDP Highlights
NIGERIA’S GDP GREW BY 2.54% IN Q3’2023 In Q3’2023, Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) exhibited a year-on-year growth of 2.54%, slightly below the Bloomberg estimate of 2.85%. This growth marked an improvement from the previous…
INFLATION WATCH – October 2023
Nigeria’s Headline Inflation Soared to 27.33%, amidst higher input costs and a weaker naira. In October, Nigeria’s year-on-year inflation rose to 27.33%, up from 26.72% in September 2023, contributing an additional 0.61 percentage points and…
INFLATION WATCH – September 2023
Nigeria’s headline Inflation soars to 26.72%, an 18-year high Nigeria’s inflation for September jumped to 26.72% y/y, from 25.80% y/y in August 2023, adding 0.92 percentage points between August and September (Bloomberg Est. 27.10%). The headline…
INFLATION WATCH – August 2023
Inflation Watch – August’23 Inflation at 25.80% y/y Nigeria’s inflation for August increased to 25.80% y/y, from 24.08% y/y in July 2023, adding 1.72 percentage points between July and August (Bloomberg Est. 25.00%). The headline inflation…
Q2 2023 GDP Highlights
NIGERIA’S GDP GREW BY 2.51% IN Q2’2023 Nigeria’s Q2’23 Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew by 2.51% Y-o-Y, lower than the 2.80% estimate. Although, the growth rate was lower than 3.54% in Q2’22 but higher than 2.31% in Q1’23. In real terms,…
INFLATION WATCH – July 2023
Inflation Watch – Headline and Core (modified) Inflation at 24.08% y/y and 20.47% y/y Nigeria’s inflation for July jumped to 24.08% y/y, from 22.79% y/y in June 2023, accruing 1.29% y/y between June and July (Bloomberg Est. 23.60%). The headline…
MPC HIGHLIGHT – JULY 2023
The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) concluded its 2-day meeting today and raised the benchmark interest rate by 25bps to 18.75% and adjusted its asymmetric corridor to -300/+100 basis points around the MPR. Please see below, a summary of the committee’s…
INFLATION WATCH – June 2023
Inflation Watch -The furnace rages on Nigeria’s inflation accelerated to 22.79% YoY in June 2023, higher by 0.38% compared to 22.41% YoY recorded in May (Bloomberg Est. 23.00%). The headline inflation grew by 2.13% M-o-M in June 2023 vs 1.94% recorded in…
