Macroeconomic Forecast Nigeria

We forecast economic growth of just under 4% in 2006, on the back of an expected 7% in 2005. The difference is attributable to an expected decline in the price of oil and the fact that Nigerian oil output is likely to see little or no increase in 2006. The non-oil sector (particularly agriculture and the tertiary sector) will lend support.

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