The imperative for import arises from countries’ inadequacies in the production of their needs, necessitating supply gap of non-existent, scarce, high cost of certain production within the economy. Generally, the paper seeks to explore the sectoral effect of import on output growth in Nigeria,...

This study provides a link between accounting, managerial discretion and monetary policy. Monetary authorities encourage banking institutions to supply credit to the economy. Increased bank supply of credit is a good thing but too much of a good can be a bad thing. This paper investigates under...

This study, empirically, investigates the determinants of bank profitability. After including the regulatory variable into the model, I find no significant difference in bank profitability during pre-and post-capital regulation regime. Second, after employing NIM and ROA profitability metrics, I...

The study investigates the impact of monetary policy on the level of financial inclusion in the big-five emerging market countries from 2004 to 2020. Several indicators of financial inclusion and the central bank interest rate were used in the analysis. It was found that the monetary policy rate...

This paper investigates the effect of country-wide protests on financial stability after controlling for inflation rate and the level of political stability. Country-wide protests may pressure a powerful government to listen and meet the demands of relatively less powerful groups, but...

This paper presents some theories that support central bank digital currency development and its usefulness. The theories provide useful explanations for the development and use of central bank digital currency in the economy. Some theories show that information about central bank digital...

This paper discusses how the eNaira central bank digital currency (CBDC) might be used to solve some economic problems in Nigeria. It presents the eNaira as a payment option, a monetary policy tool and a financial stability tool to solve some economic problems in Nigeria. I show that the eNaira...

This paper investigates the correlation between banking sector non-performing loans and the level of sustainable development. The findings reveal a significant positive correlation between banking sector non-performing loans and the level of sustainable development measured by the sustainable...

This paper investigates the global and local interest in internet information about cryptocurrency and the Nigeria central bank digital currency which is also known as eNaira. Granger causality test and GMM coefficient matrix methodologies were used. The findings reveal that there is sustained...

Credit markets around the world are undergoing digital transformation which has led to the rise in Fintech and Bigtech lending. Fintech and Bigtech lending is the provision of credit by Fintech and Bigtech providers who have more capital, cutting-edge IT systems, worldwide recognition, greater...