Inflation
19 Mar
Inflation rate has been projected to reach 32.77 per cent this month.
18 Mar
Vice Chancellor of Elizade University, Ilara-Mokin, Ondo State, Prof. Kayode Ijadunola, yesterday, called on the federal government to take swift and innovative measures to address the country’s economic challenges towards...
15 Mar
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), says Nigeria’s headline inflation rate increased to 31.70 per cent in February 2024.
15 Mar
Small businesses and consumer goods firms are facing heavy disruption in their supply chain and operational costs due to inflation, currency risk, removal of fuel subsidies leading to a significant increase in energy costs, and scarcity of foreign exchange (FOREX).
6 Mar
A recent data submitted by locals has shown that to feed a family of four in Lagos for a month on essentials like rice, milk, eggs, and fruits would cost roughly N137,855.
4 Mar
The European Central Bank is expected to freeze interest rates again this week, with officials wary of starting to cut before they see more evidence that recent falls in inflation will be sustained.
1 Mar
Eurozone inflation continued to ease in February, data showed Friday, but economists warned it was unlikely to push the European Central Bank to cut interest rates next month.
1 Mar
Nigerians live in desperate times and like Williams Shakespeare once wrote: ‘Desperate times breed desperate measures.’ That is aptly true of the mood in many Nigerian families that are now forced to make difficult choices
1 Mar
I’ve always believed that there are 3 categories of youngins when it comes to saving money. There are the calculated ones who earn enough to save comfortably, the inconsistent group who only does it because they have to, and then there are people like me, trying to find our way out of a toxic relationship…
29 Feb
Inflation in Germany, France and Spain eased further in February, data showed Thursday, a development likely to be welcomed by the European Central Bank as it weighs when to begin cutting interest rates.
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Japanese inflation slowed less than expected to two percent in January, data showed Tuesday, hitting the central bank's target and firming expectations of an end to its outlier negative rates policy.
22 Feb
Price of foodstuff have continued to gallop in the bush markets of Benue State, the supposed Food Basket of the nation.Benue, one of the highest producers of yam, cassava and soya bean, ranks among states with the cheapest food prices in the country.
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