Nigeria

BMI View: The merging of the official and parallel market exchange rates is good news, both in terms of what it tells us about the economy at the moment, and in terms of the outlook... 2006-07-07

The political situation in Nigeria continues to cause concern to foreign investors, with no signs of militancy in the crucial oil producing Niger Delta abating. In early July, a group... 2006-07-04

In a move which will bolster foreign investor confidence in the credibility of macroeconomic policy, the Central Bank of Nigeria increased its key interest rate by 1% in June. The... 2006-07-04

Having run both the increase in the oil price forecast and the reduced output expectation through our macroeconomic model, the outcome is a real GDP growth forecast of 2.4% in 2006,... 2006-06-13

In the end it was all reassuringly and surprisingly democratic. With the warnings of the US government (and other foreign powers) ringing in its ears, the incumbent regime in Nigeria... 2006-06-08

With our oil desk having undertaken a thorough revision of forecasts for both oil prices and country output in 2006, we have taken the opportunity to overhaul our macroeconomic forecasts... 2006-06-08

We undertook a major overhaul of our macroeconomic forecasts for Nigeria last month, so this month there is no change. Next month, however, we will review our forecasts again, on... 2006-05-18

One might expect that events of the last quarter would have deterred foreign direct investment (FDI) into Nigeria's oil industry. After all, attacks by militants against the country's... 2006-05-12

After bubbling under the surface for much of the past year the so-called 'third term agenda' has risen to the top of Nigeria's political billing. Indeed, the beginning of May saw... 2006-05-12

Defeat was almost snatched from the jaws of victory in late March 2006, when former Liberian dictator Charles Taylor "disappeared" in Nigeria (where he fled to exile in June 2003),... 2006-04-24