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Wednesday, October 17, 2018 / 01:03 PM / FDC Research
The
policy preference of the CBN is a simple trade-off of lower external reserves
for a strong naira. Unfortunately, both of these variables are positively
correlated and mutually reinforcing.
Thus,
eating most of the cake and keeping it can be illusionary even at the best of
times.
The
comforting news, is that with oil at $80pb, Q4 oil revenue could be as high as
$11bn. This could be the much needed lifeline for the markets in November and
December 2018.
The
attached bulletin addresses these and other issues in the domestic and global
commodities market.
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4. Nigeria is The
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8. Flood and
Disease Outbreak Would Affect Nigeria’s Cocoa Output and Push Prices Up
9. Robust US
Harvest to Fuel Concerns of Grains Oversupply
10. Master Bakers
Association Threatens to Increase The Price of Bread Due to Rising Costs of
Inputs
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