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Nigeria’s 9% Foreign Currency Debt to GDP Remains Moderate -Fitch. Less Financing to Short-term financing Stress.External Reserve Projected to drop 40%. Low fiscal Revenue weakens Debt Sustainability

FAAC Shares N651.18 Billion to FG, States, LGs in June. The Federation Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC) has shared N651.18 billion Federation Account Revenue to the federal, states and local government councils and relevant agencies for the month of June.

COVID-19: Nigeria may go into severe recession – World Bank. The World Bank says collapse in oil prices coupled with the COVID-19 pandemic is expected to plunge the Nigerian economy into a severe economic recession, the worst since the 1980s.

Nigeria’s Balance of Payment Plunged to Deficit in Q1. The Nigeria’s balance of payment (BoP) has slipped to $11.18 billion deficit in the first quarter of 2020 according to data released by the apex bank.

COVID-19 Infection Hits 19,808 as NCDC records 667 New Cases

Nigeria’s Headline Inflation Rate Rises to 12.40%. The Nigerian Bureau of Statistics (NBS) recent data shows that the consumer price index (CPI) which measures inflation increased by 12.40 % year-on-year in May 2020.

PMA: Demand for Low-risk Investment Options to Fuel Subscription. Analysts have said that increasing demand for low-risk investments option would support demand at the Federal Government bond auction on Wednesday.

Nigerian Senate Up Oil Price Benchmark For Budget 2020 to $28. In what looks like improved optimism about global prices of oil, the Nigerian Senate on Tuesday raised oil price benchmark for budget 2020. The Senate on Tuesday lifted the price outlook from $25 per barrel oil price benchmark proposed by the executive.

MPR Cut Positive for FG Borrowing Plan, Negative for inflation. Analysts have interpreted the Central Bank of Nigeria’s Monetary Policy Committee decision to cut rate as part of big plan to reduce the nation’s borrowing cost as budget deficits widened.

Analysts’ $40 Brent Forecast to Hurt Nigeria’s FX receipts. Federal Government’s expectation of improve global prices of oil may be douse as Reuter’s poll of dozens of analysts set target price below $40 a barrel for 2020.