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Developments In The Financial System During The First Quarter Of 1987, Central Bank Of Nigeria Cbn Mar 1987

Developments In The Financial System During The First Quarter Of 1987, Central Bank Of Nigeria Cbn

Economic and Financial Review

Money supply as measured by both Ml and M2 declined in the first quarter of 1987 due mainly to declines in net foreign assets and ••other'' assets net of the banking system. Banking system credit, on the other hand increased although at a slower pace than in the last quarter of 1986. While both the money and capital markets remained active during the quarter, the tempo of activities slowed down considerably from the December 1986level.

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Developments In The Agricultural Sector Of The Economy During The Third Quarter Of 1986, Central Bank Of Nigeria Cbn Sep 1986

Developments In The Agricultural Sector Of The Economy During The Third Quarter Of 1986, Central Bank Of Nigeria Cbn

Economic and Financial Review

Harvesting of grains and tubers was the dominant activity in the agricultural sector in most parts of the country during the third quarter of 1986. In spite of the lower-than-average amounts of rainfall recorded during the first half of the year, a bumper harvest of maize, rice, yams and cassava was reported

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An Appraisal Of Public Sector Financing Of Agricultural Development In Africa With Particular Reference To Nigeria, J. O. Osakwe, M. O. Ojo Jun 1986

An Appraisal Of Public Sector Financing Of Agricultural Development In Africa With Particular Reference To Nigeria, J. O. Osakwe, M. O. Ojo

Economic and Financial Review

The paper discusses, largely using Nigeria as a case study, three sets of issues relating to public sector role in agricultural financing. First, it takes an overview of the agricultural situation in African countries in general and in Nigeria in particular in the last twenty years and suggests the critical factors that should guide government activities for agricultural financing in the light of the general structure of agricultural production. Second, it identifies the types and magnitudes of government assistance in agricultural financing in Nigeria and finally it discusses some of the main problems surrounding the efforts of the government in …

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Unemployment And Economic Development In Nigeria - Analysis And Policy Implications, E. O. Akinnifesi Jun 1986

Unemployment And Economic Development In Nigeria - Analysis And Policy Implications, E. O. Akinnifesi

Economic and Financial Review

This paper discusses the dynamics of the unemployment problem within the development perspective of a post-independent Nigeria. It is argued that while successive governments seemed to have recognised the problem, the solutions so far adopted have resulted in mere palliatives. Several factors accounting for unemployment have included: colonialism and the white-collar job syndrome, choice of technique in industries, structure of economic organisation, migration patterns, urbanisation, population growth, educational structure, and business cycles. Of the possible consequences of unemployment, the study highlights those having social, health, political and economic dimensions such as stress, suicide, parasuicide, armed robbery, coup d'etats, inflation, etc. …

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Developments In World Commodity Markets With Respect To Nigeria's Agricultural Commodities During The Third Quarter Of 1984, Central Bank Of Nigeria Cbn Sep 1984

Developments In World Commodity Markets With Respect To Nigeria's Agricultural Commodities During The Third Quarter Of 1984, Central Bank Of Nigeria Cbn

Economic and Financial Review

This is a report on the developments in Nigeria's agricultural commodities in the third quarter of 1984. It covers beverages, vegetable oil and oil seeds, natural rubber, grains and sugar etc. it also has a statistical presentation of data.

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Foreign Exchange Flows Through The Central Bank During The Second Quarter Of 1984, Central Bank Of Nigeria Cbn Jun 1984

Foreign Exchange Flows Through The Central Bank During The Second Quarter Of 1984, Central Bank Of Nigeria Cbn

Economic and Financial Review

The paper discusses foreign exchange flows through the Central Bank of Nigeria during the second quarter of 1984.

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Developments In The International ( London) Commodities' Market During The First Quarter,1984, Central Bank Of Nigeria Cbn Mar 1984

Developments In The International ( London) Commodities' Market During The First Quarter,1984, Central Bank Of Nigeria Cbn

Economic and Financial Review

A report on the developments in the International (London) commodities' market during the first quarter,1984. The notable commodities includes coffee, cotton, palm-kernel and rubber. A number of factors accounted for the general improvement in commodity prices. Firstly, there was a decline in the supply of most of the commodities. The second factor was the uncertainty regarding production prospects in the immediate future . Finally, there was a general increase in the demand for most of the commodities.

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A Preliminary Assessment Of The Agricultural Credit Guarantee Scheme In Nigeria, M. O. Ojo, O. O. Akanji Sep 1983

A Preliminary Assessment Of The Agricultural Credit Guarantee Scheme In Nigeria, M. O. Ojo, O. O. Akanji

Economic and Financial Review

The basic objective of this paper was to review the main achievements of the ACGS and analyze the major constraints on its operations during the first five years of its implementation. The paper is organised into four sections. A summary of the objectives of the ACGS is presented in Section l while in Section 11, an analysis of its main achievements between 1978 and 1982 is undertaken. Section III contains a discussion of some of the major constraints on the operations of the Scheme while Section IV concludes the paper.

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Foreign Private Investment In Nigeria 1979-1981, Central Bank Of Nigeria Cbn Sep 1983

Foreign Private Investment In Nigeria 1979-1981, Central Bank Of Nigeria Cbn

Economic and Financial Review

This paper has analysed the results of the survey o f foreign private investment in Nigeria for the period 1979 to 1981. The results show that net inflow o f foreign private investment into Nigeria fell by 12.6 per cent from N331.8 million in 1978 to N289.9 million in 1979. but rose by 61.1 per cent to N467.0 million in 1980 and fell again by 70. 5 per cent to N137.8 million in 1981. The sharp fall in net inflow of foreign private investment in 1981 was due to an outflow of N447. I million in 1981 as against outflows …

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Government Expenditures, Money Supply And Prices: 1970-80, J. O. Osakwe Jun 1983

Government Expenditures, Money Supply And Prices: 1970-80, J. O. Osakwe

Economic and Financial Review

The main objectives of this paper are to ascertain the amount of the Federal Government expenditures which affected money supply, during the period 1970-80; to examine the movements of government expenditures, money supply and prices within the period 1970-80 and to investigate the empirical relationships between government spending and money supply, and money supply and prices. In order to achieve the above named objectives, the paper is divided into four parts as follows: Part 1 deals with the estimates of government expenditures which affected money supply. Part 2 describes the movements of government expenditures, money supply and prices; Part 3 …

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Monetary Development During The First Quarter Of 1983, Central Bank Of Nigeria Cbn Mar 1983

Monetary Development During The First Quarter Of 1983, Central Bank Of Nigeria Cbn

Economic and Financial Review

The main factors responsible for the decline in money supply in the first quarter of 1983 were the decline of Nl,799.0 million or 29.6 per cent in other assets (net) of the banking system ( or an equivalent increase in their other liabilities), a fall of N212.8 million or 19.9 per cent in net foreign assets and an increase of N97 .0 million or 1.4 per cent in quasi-money. The contractionary impacts of these three factors more than offset the expansionary effects of an increase ofNl,391.0 million or 6.3 per cent in bank credit to the economy.

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Recent Developments In Nigeria's Oil Industry And Their Implications For Government Finance, Petroleum Studies Office Research Department Mar 1983

Recent Developments In Nigeria's Oil Industry And Their Implications For Government Finance, Petroleum Studies Office Research Department

Economic and Financial Review

This brief review has focused on the movements of oil prices, production and exports in the 1979-82 period, highlighting the implications of such movements for Federal Government revenue and expenditure.

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An Address By Alhaji Abdulkadir Ahmed, Governor, Central Bank Of Nigeria, At The 12th Annual General Meeting Of Manufacturers Association Of Nigeria On Wednesday, 9th March, 1983, Abdulkadir Ahmed Mar 1983

An Address By Alhaji Abdulkadir Ahmed, Governor, Central Bank Of Nigeria, At The 12th Annual General Meeting Of Manufacturers Association Of Nigeria On Wednesday, 9th March, 1983, Abdulkadir Ahmed

Economic and Financial Review

This is an address by Alhaji Abdulkadir Ahmed, Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria, at the 12th Annual General Meeting of Manufacturers Association of Nigeria, on the theme " The Problem of Over-dependence of the Nigerian Economy on Imports".

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Statistical Section (March 1983), Central Bank Of Nigeria Cbn Mar 1983

Statistical Section (March 1983), Central Bank Of Nigeria Cbn

Economic and Financial Review

This is a statistical representation of economic activities in Nigeria during the first quarter of 1983

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Statistical Section (June 1970), Central Bank Of Nigeria Cbn Jun 1970

Statistical Section (June 1970), Central Bank Of Nigeria Cbn

Economic and Financial Review

The dataset include data for central bank and commercial banks statement of assets and liabilities, currency in circulation, external assets, international trade, money and capital markets, money supply, national savings, production, public debt and public finance.

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Special Drawing Rights And Their Implications For Domestic And External Finance, Central Bank Of Nigeria Cbn Jun 1970

Special Drawing Rights And Their Implications For Domestic And External Finance, Central Bank Of Nigeria Cbn

Economic and Financial Review

The need to create the new international monetary asset called Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) arose largely from the widening gap between the volume of world trade and the means of financing it (that is, international monetary reserves). Special Drawing Rights are 'paper gold', transferable among the participating countries who are committed to accept them in exchange for convertible currencies.

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Notes On Commercical Bank Deposit Liabilities: 1967-April 1969, Central Bank Of Nigeria Cbn Jun 1969

Notes On Commercical Bank Deposit Liabilities: 1967-April 1969, Central Bank Of Nigeria Cbn

Economic and Financial Review

The movements of commercial bank liabilities for deposits since January 1967 seem generally to have followed the pattern in past years. The large increases in deposits, especially time and savings, were mainly attributable to the current civil war and the consequent fall in economic activities. The movement of the various components of the banks' deposits are shown in the tables.

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Ownership Of Commercial Bank Deposits In 1965, Central Bank Of Nigeria Cbn Dec 1966

Ownership Of Commercial Bank Deposits In 1965, Central Bank Of Nigeria Cbn

Economic and Financial Review

The importance of demand deposits relative to total deposits continued to decline a development which started in 1960. The proportion of these deposits fell from 50.3 per cent of total deposits at the end of 1964 to 46.8 per cent on 31st December, 1965. The substantial increase recorded in the deposits of non-financial businesses needs special comment. There has been a rapid increase in non-financial business holdings of time deposits since December,1963.

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Nigeria's External Trade In The First Quarter Of 1966, Central Bank Of Nigeria Cbn Jun 1966

Nigeria's External Trade In The First Quarter Of 1966, Central Bank Of Nigeria Cbn

Economic and Financial Review

The article highlights the achievements of Nigeria's external trade in the first quarter of 1966 which was a result of increase in exports and decline in imports.

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Government Revenue And Expenditure In 1965, Research Department Jun 1966

Government Revenue And Expenditure In 1965, Research Department

Economic and Financial Review

This article examined government revenue and expenditure in Nigeria for the year 1965. It first identified the role of the budget in Nigeria which include enhancement of economic growth, particularly since the National Development Plan came into force in 1962. The article noted that the fiscal policy of the federal government in 1965 was geared to the attainment of the two objectives of raising more revenue, and of reducing pressures on the balance of payments. Towards this end, federal government aggregate revenue in 1965 amounted to £160.5 million, £22.7 million or 16.4 per cent higher than in 1964. However, federal …

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Private Foreign Investment In 1964, Central Bank Of Nigeria Cbn Jun 1966

Private Foreign Investment In 1964, Central Bank Of Nigeria Cbn

Economic and Financial Review

Capital inflow consisted of unremitted profits, increase in equity holdings and debentures, commercial credits and other short-term loans from overseas parent or affiliate companies. The decline in retained profits as a proportion of private capital investment, therefore, reflects the increase in the outpay-ments on account of dividends, interests and service charges. An estimate and analysis of total private foreign investment based on response from questionnaires submitted are presented in this paper.

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Speech At The Bankers' Committee’S First Annual Dinner Of The Local Centre Of The Institute Of Bankers At The Ikoyi Hotel, Lagos-25th February, 1966, A. Mai-Bornu Jun 1966

Speech At The Bankers' Committee’S First Annual Dinner Of The Local Centre Of The Institute Of Bankers At The Ikoyi Hotel, Lagos-25th February, 1966, A. Mai-Bornu

Economic and Financial Review

This is a speech by Alhaji A. Mai-Bornu, Chairman of the Bankers' Committee and Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria, in response to the toast of the Bankers' Committee at the First Annual Dinner of the Local Centre of the Institute of Bankers at the Ikoyi Hotel, Lagos-25th February, 1966.

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