Rising Inflation Pushed 7million Nigerians Below Poverty Line – W/Bank       The World Bank has said rising prices pushed about seven million Nigerians below the poverty line in 2020. This was contained in a press statement titled ‘Critical reforms needed to reduce inflation and accelerate the recovery,...

Food Prices Rose In April Despite Fall In Inflation       The prices paid by consumers for rice, egg, tomatoes and yam rose in April despite 0.91 month-on-month (MoM) fall in food inflation sub-index during the period. Similarly, transport fare for bus, air, motorcycle and waterway journeys increased...

Inflation Reverses 19-month Trend, Drops Marginally To 18.12%       Headline inflation fell to 18.12 percent in April representing 0.05 percent point year-on-year (YoY) decline when compared to 18.17 percent recorded in March. This also represents the first decline in inflation since August 2019 when inflation rate stood...

Inflation: Money Supply Rises By 22.5% To N38trn       The increasing demand for cash by members of the public to meet the rising prices of goods and services has caused money supply in the economy to jump by 22.5 per cent Year-on-Year (YoY) to N38 trillion...

CBN’s MPC Members In Policy Dilemma Over Growth, Inflation       The members of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, have indicated that the apex bank’s meeting in March was largely concerned with the twin problem of growth stimulation of economic...

Experts Blame Forex, Insecurity, Low Production As Inflation Hits 18.17%       Nigeria’s rate of inflation, which has maintained a continuous increase for more than a year, rose again in March, hitting a high of 18.17 per cent, according to data released on Thursday by the National...