Nigerian businesses, federal and state governments alike have historically tended to look abroad to fund large projects. Facts on the outstanding values of bonds, loans and equity confirm that Nigerian capital markets are thin, compared with the sub-Saharan African average; some segments have...

This piece addresses eight myths about Naira notes and coins. Namely:(i). Retailers round-up prices because of greed. (ii). Note-handling habits of 'market people' deface and mutilate Naira notes. (iii). Commercial banks are not doing enough to sort unfit notes. (iv). Larger denominations will...

This piece documents the facts of the supply-side recovery in Nigeria in the last few years and identifies the triggers. It then discusses the challenges the new turn of events pose to policy makers, who are only just responding to the previous downturn. Data that have become available since...

This piece presents data published by the Central Bank of Nigeria on currency, bank deposits and other financial assets, to enable us evaluate Professor Charles Soludo's 'banking reform proposals'. We show that Soludo's proposals emanated from his misconceptions on cash,...

The economic events of 2016 taught us a lot of hard lessons about Nigeria's interface with the global economy, and the links with domestic growth, stability and policy responses. This paper attempts to distill some of the lessons and clarify the outlook.Weak commodity prices brought Nigeria's...

This study sets out to model non-bank public's desired holdings of five different measures of money in the Nigerian economy. These are currency outside banks (COB), demand deposits (DD), narrow money (M1), quasi money (QM), and broad money (M2).The study addresses many of the pitfalls involved...

The appointment of a new governor to lead the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) from June 2014 to June 2019 brings the number of persons so appointed since 29 May 1999 to four, although only the last two appointments were made after the 2007 CBN Act was signed into law on 28 May 2007. Joseph Sanusi...

The statement by the central bank of Nigeria that N5000 will be introduced and N5, N10, and N20 notes will be coined in 2013 has generated a lot of debate. Many of the contributions have however strayed off the key point. Namely, the reason currency notes and coins are necessary. Notes and coins...