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Gregory Kronsten
A pitfall or three in forecasting
Last week the IMF released its latest World Economic Outlook (WEO) in time for its spring meetings with the World…
Borrow and spend wisely!
We endorse the expansionary fiscal stance of the FGN since it underpins the prospect of lifting the economy out of…
Positive budget proposals: just pass it!
While we wait for the National Assembly to conclude its debate on the 2017 budget proposals, we look for promising…
Non-oil economy off the floor
The national accounts for Q3 2016 from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) show a headline-making, third…
A piecemeal solution to the fx market challenge
It emerged at the autumn meetings of the IMF and World Bank in Washington earlier this month that the Fund was…
Manufacturing development and government support
The East Asian miracles of the 1990s, and the earlier economic transformation of South Korea, were built…
A telecoms leg to stand on (in Kenya)
GDP growth of 5.9 per cent y/y in Kenya in Q1 2016 exceeded most expectations. The economy had been labouring under…
A telecoms leg to stand on (in Kenya)
GDP growth of 5.9 per cent y/y in Kenya in Q1 2016 exceeded most expectations. The economy had been…