• Brasile Russia

    Fitch forecasts lower recession in Brazil for 2016

    The stabilization of commodity prices is likely to improve the economy in emerging countries and help curb recession in nations like Brazil and Russia. The conclusion was made by the ratings agency Fitch, which released Wednesday (Jul. 27) a report entitled Global Economic Outlook, with forecasts for the global economy ...

  • Brasile Cina

    Agência Fitch prevê recessão menor no Brasil em 2016

    A estabilização dos preços das commodities (bens primários com cotação internacional) melhorará a economia dos países emergentes, com diminuição da recessão em países como o Brasil e a Rússia. A conclusão é da agência de classificação de risco Fitch, que divulgou hoje (27) relatório Cenário Econômico Global, com perspectivas para ...

  • Brasile

    Caged mostra que Brasil perdeu 91 mil postos formais de trabalho em junho

    O setor de serviços, incluindo os bancos, registrou a maior queda de vagas formais em junho deste anoAgencia Brasil/arquivo Em junho, 91.032 vagas de empregos formais foram fechadas no país, segundo dados do Cadastro Geral de Empregados e Desempregados (Caged) divulgados hoje (27) pelo Ministério do Trabalho. O resultado ...

  • Nigeria

    Forcados shutdown: Nigeria loses N356.6bn in five months

    ’Femi Asu Five months after it was attacked and shut down, Shell’s Forcados export line remains offline, causing the country a loss of about $1.6bn (N356.6bn) in revenue.  It is still uncertain when the pipeline would come back on stream, although the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe ...

  • USA Nigeria

    Lagos, Niger strategise on food security, employment

    Sesan Olufowobi The Lagos State Government says discussion about the development of agricultural commodity value chain with Niger State aimed at ensuring food security and job creation for the two states and the country has started. The government on Wednesday added that the Lagos-Niger partnership, the second of its kind ...

  • Nigeria

    CBN’s rate hike more bitter than sweet, say analysts

    The increase in benchmark interest rate by 200 basis points by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Tuesday would further burden the real sector and could worsen the volatility at the equities market. But the increase appeared targeted as support for the tottering foreign exchange management to woo foreign ...

  • Nigeria

    Naira Hits New Low Of N334/$ Despite Rate Hike

    One day after the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) hiked benchmark interest rates to attract foreign portfolio investments, the value of the naira dipped to a new low of N334 to the dollar as demand for foreign currency soared. The Monetary Policy Committee of the CBN had decided against holding ...

  • Nigeria

    FICAN Trains Journalists On Financial Markets, Instruments

    As part of efforts to enhance capacity of reporting the new foreign exchange structure, the Finance Correspondents Association of Nigeria (FICAN) is organizing series of training sessions for its members. The first edition of the series on the foreign exchange market is expected to hold this Saturday, July 30th, with ...

  • Thailandia

    SET up 1.74 points at opening

    Thai stocks opened up 0.11% at the start of trade this morning.

  • USA

    Véhicules: Chute de plus de 67% des importations au 1er semestre 2016

    La facture d'importation des véhicules a reculé  à 691 millions de dollars (usd) durant le 1er semestre 2016 contre 2,13 milliards  usd durant la même période de 2015, soit une baisse de l'ordre de 1,44 milliard  usd (-67,53%), a appris dimanche l'APS auprès des Douanes. Quant aux quantités importées, elles ...