Fiscal crisis will undermine Nigeria's stimulus plan
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Significance The IMF predicts the economy will shrink by 1.8% during 2016, having contracted 0.4% in the first quarter. The slowdown is hurting revenues: On July 14, budget minister Udoma Udo Udoma said the government had collected only 55% of its revenue target. Impacts Talks between Abuja and the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta are unlikely to halt attacks on oil infrastructure. With inflation at 16.5% -- the highest rate in a decade -- the CBN may be forced to enter an interest rate hiking cycle. The new head of the state oil company, Maikanti Kacalla Baru, will be tasked with reforming the conglomerate to increase revenues.
2016 ◽
Vol 5
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pp. 195-210
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