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Germania
Germania, l'economia cresce ma a un ritmo inferiore al previsto
(Teleborsa) - L'economia della Germania si conferma in moderata crescita nel quarto trimestre del 2016. Il PIL, infatti, ha registrato un aumento dello 0,4% rispetto ai tre mesi precedenti,...
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USA
Il rialzo dei tassi arriverà presto negli Stati Uniti
(Teleborsa) - Un nuovo aumento dei tassi di interesse negli Stati Uniti "potrebbe arrivare abbastanza presto" per evitare "i rischi di una economia surriscaldata". E'...
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Pakistan
Esplosione in un quartiere commerciale di Lahore, almeno otto morti.
Esplosione in un quartiere commerciale di Lahore, almeno otto morti. Altre 21 persone sono rimaste ferite quando è esplosa una bomba in un quartiere della città pachistana dove sorgono banche, caffè e negozi. La polizia ha circondato la zona alla ricerca dell’attentatore. Il Pakistan nelle ultime settimane è stato colpito ...
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Nigeria
Ambode, Magu blame corruption for Nigeria’s woes
Sesan Olufowobi and Tosin Omojuyigbe The wife of the Lagos State Governor, Mrs. Bolanle Ambode, and the Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu, on Wednesday said corruption was one of the major factors responsible for the current state of the Nigerian economy. The duo spoke ...
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Nigeria
Investors, traders express worry over new forex rules
Stanley Opara with agency report The Central Bank of Nigeria’s latest efforts to adjust the exchange rate policy have baffled investors who say the moves fall short of the currency devaluation they had hoped for and will not lure money back into the economy. The CBN this week effectively devalued ...
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Nigeria
Cargo handling: Amaechi to chair town hall meeting
Against the backdrop of a recent audit report revealing that private terminal operators in Nigerian ports lost about N58.9bn to the foreign exchange scarcity, Consumer Price Index, among others, in eight years, a one-day town hall meeting on “Cargo Handling and Port Charges” will hold in Lagos to evaluate the ...
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Nigeria
CBN’s forex policy adjustment not sustainable –Experts
Oyetunji Abioye Economic and financial experts say it is uncertain that the latest policy action on foreign exchange introduced by the Central Bank of Nigeria will work. The CBN had on Monday announced a new policy decision aimed at boosting forex supply to end-users in order to ease the pressure ...
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Nigeria
Business returns to seaports, say freight forwarders
Anna Okon Freight forwarders have become busy again. They say that their business has begun to witness a boom in the past two weeks as more vessels return to the seaports, following a month and three weeks’ old ban imposed on importation of cars through the land borders. The National ...
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Nigeria
JAMB fixes UTME for May, scraps scratchcard
Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) Registrar Prof. Ishaq Oloyede yesterday said the much-awaited Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) will hold in May as part of steps to check malpractices. He also said the agency had handed over 10 officials to the police for investigation in connection with fraud associated ...
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Nigeria
New Forex Policy May Stabilise Banks, Says Fitch
Fitch Ratings, an international rating agency, has expressed optimism that the new policy actions on forex implemented by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) may help to ease the foreign currency liquidity pressure faced by the country’s banking sector and also bring about stability in the banks. Specifically, Fitch noted ...