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UK’s inflation drops to 10.1% in Jan 2023 – Report  

The UK recorded a fall in Consumer Price Inflation rate dropped beyond expectations from 10.5 in December to 10.1% in January. The closely watched measures of price growth also dropped according to official data. A prediction by the economists polled by Reuters stated that the CPI would drop in January by 10.3% from the 11.1% […]

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Shipping cost surge caused global inflation – IMF

  The International Monetary Fund has linked the current global inflation with the upsurge of the shipping costs. IMF stated in a newly composed report with the title “the costs of misreading inflation,” that by October, 2021, the indices of the cost of transporting containers by maritime freight had climbed by almost 600%, while the […]

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Inflation weakened naira 15% in 2022 – NESG

Bisola David   A recently released report by the Nigerian Economic Summit Group revealed that the naira was devalued by 14.9% due to inflation, which was brought on by the Central Bank of Nigeria’s plan to redesign the currency.   In its 2023 Macroeconomic Outlook Report titled “Nigeria in Transition: Recipes for Shared Prosperity,” the […]

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UK predicts rapid fall in inflation rate

The Bank of England Governor, Andrew Bailey, has said that there would be a likely rapid fall in inflation this year as the prices of energy declines. While he spoke to Media Wales, Mr Andrew said that the recently experienced ease of inflation could be a positive sign that “a corner has been turned”. The […]

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Nigeria’s inflation drops 21 per cent

For the first time in 11 months, Nigeria’s inflation rate decreased to 21.34 percent. Prior to November 2022, when it hit 21.47 percent, the country’s inflation rate had climbed for 10 consecutive months. In its most recent report, the National Bureau of Statistics stated that the country’s inflation rate decreased by 0.13 percent between November […]

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Inflation: Experts urge CBN against tighter monetary policy

Experts have advised the Central Bank of Nigeria to withdraw from further deployment of monetary policy tightening as a tool to check the inflationary pressure.   According to Vanguard, Managing Director, Centre for the Promotion of Private Enterprise, Muda Yusuf, said this in response to the November 2022 inflation figure released by the National Bureau […]

Nigeria’s inflation hits 24.23% in March, deepens cost-of-living crisis
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Nigeria’s inflation hit 21.47% in November

Nigeria’s inflation rate rose to an all-time high of 21.47% in November, coming from 21.09% in October.   The latest inflation report by the National Bureau of Statistics revealed this rise represents the 10th consecutively monthly increase since the start of the year.   The report also revealed that Nigeria’s inflation rate has now risen […]

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Inflation: CBN raises interest rate to 16.5%

The Monetary Policy Committee of the Central Bank of Nigeria have voted to increase the benchmark interest rate by 100 basis points to 16.5 per cent, the highest since 2001.   The CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele, disclosed this while reading the communique of the last MPC meeting of the year on Tuesday.   The MPC […]

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Inflation: NBCC raises concerns over excise duty increment

The Nigeria-British Chamber of Commerce has warned that the proposed increment in the excise duty by the federal government will lead to more inflation in the country.   Daily Post reported that the organisation made this assertion via a statement issued on Tuesday by its President, Mrs Bisi Adeyemi.   Recall, that the federal government […]

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UK inflation hits 41-year high

British inflation has accelerated to the highest level for 41 years, driven by soaring energy, food, and transport prices in a worsening cost-of-living crisis, official data showed Wednesday. The Consumer Prices Index hit 11.1 percent in October, reaching the highest level since 1981, the Office for National Statistics said in a statement. That compared with […]