{"id":70568,"date":"2021-08-13T15:19:15","date_gmt":"2021-08-13T14:19:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=70568"},"modified":"2021-08-13T15:19:15","modified_gmt":"2021-08-13T14:19:15","slug":"nigerias-economy-on-right-tract-says-cbn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/08\/13\/nigerias-economy-on-right-tract-says-cbn\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria\u2019s economy on right tract, says CBN"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dr Hassan Mahmud, Director, Monetary Policy Department of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) said there were positive sides to Nigeria\u2019s economic growth, despite uncertainties in the domestic and global economy.<\/p>\n<p>Mahmud said this at the Mid-year Economic Review and Outlook 2021, organised by the CIBN Centre for Financial Studies, in collaboration with B. Adedipe Associates, on Friday in Lagos.<\/p>\n<p>He said if policy challenges with exchange rates, insecurity, among others, were addressed effectively, the country would start seeing some positive projections into 2021 and the beginning of 2022.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlso, if the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/08\/11\/cbn-sets-n100000-as-application-fee-for-credit-guarantee-companies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CBN<\/a> forecasts for GDP growth are sustained and there is improved vaccination and the health hazards and lockdowns are not resurfacing, we will see GDP getting close to three per cent by the end of 2021.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will also see the inflation number coming down less than 13 per cent by the end of the year and further down to the NBS projection of single digit by 2022 or the middle of 2022.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will start seeing a downward trend in inflation numbers particularly, headline inflation,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Mahmud added that food inflation should also go down substantially if the supply side of it was addressed and security issues abated.<\/p>\n<p>He said inflows should also improve substantially over the rest of the year given that market confidences were already building, particularly, in the financial sector.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Biodun Adedipe, Chief Consultant of BAA Consult, said if the oil sector was positive in terms of prices and production volume and export volume, it would go a long way in driving growth.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt BAA, our projections for Nigeria economic growth for 2021 had remained 2.54 per cent since February and we have maintained it so.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf the prognosis, the oil sector in Nigeria is positive in terms of price, production volume and export volume, that goes a long way in driving growth and changing some of what we see as headwinds and risks,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, Dr Bayo Olugbemi, CIBN President, said the event was the brainchild of the CIBN Research Committee.<\/p>\n<p>He said it was aimed at providing insights for business leaders and key decision makers, who had responsibility to deliver on specific mandates irrespective of the prevailing uncertainties and disruptions in the Nigerian economy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is a strong need for further guidance to help individuals and businesses make informed and strategic decisions that will help them weather the storm,\u201d said Olugbemi.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr Hassan Mahmud, Director, Monetary Policy Department of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) said there were positive sides to Nigeria\u2019s economic growth, despite uncertainties in the domestic and global economy. 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