Firefire:
The NBS report indicated that the real growth rate of the monetary value of all goods and services produced in Nigeria during the period slowed to 2.4 per cent Y-o-Y, down from 4.0 per cent in Q1, 2015 and 6.5 per cent in Q2, 2014. This was on the back of the low crude oil prices and decline in oil production to 2.1mbpd from 2.2mbpd in Q2, 2014.

hinwazaka:
What do you expect
* When you have an unfriendly business climate in place
* When in the process of plugging leakages, you also plugged savings and injections
* When you take your eyes of the balance of trade
* When you frighten foreign investors with an opaque closed economy perception
* When you put in measures that favour monopoly, in the place of free market policies
* When you mistake Capital flight for money laundering, thereby scaring off foreign investors
* When you write off the impact of Nigerians in the diaspora, who contribute about 40% of foreign investment
* When you run the CBN and other financial institutions as a quasi- dictatorial extension
* When you are perceived as slow and vindictive to the global economic market
* When you increase Government control on the economy, moving from an unseen regulatory hand to an oppressive first party participant
Tell me, what do you expect from a disciple of the Abacha opaque doldrum economic days. What did you possibly expect

smuth:


As usual we should expect another press release from APC telling us it is Jonathan's fault and we should not worry Buhari's body language will fix the economy...Before the election Jonathan told us all that Buhari cannot remember his phone number, we all laughed that it is just not possible but alas Buhari confirmed what a dullard he is by telling the whole of Nigeria he doesn't know where one of his land is situated, come 2019 he will shock the world by telling us he was never the President of a country called Nigeria. I pity his daft followers.

hinwazaka:
What do you expect
* When you have an unfriendly business climate in place
* When in the process of plugging leakages, you also plugged savings and injections
* When you take your eyes of the balance of trade
* When you frighten foreign investors with an opaque closed economy perception
* When you put in measures that favour monopoly, in the place of free market policies
* When you mistake Capital flight for money laundering, thereby scaring off foreign investors
* When you write off the impact of Nigerians in the diaspora, who contribute about 40% of foreign investment
* When you run the CBN and other financial institutions as a quasi- dictatorial extension
* When you are perceived as slow and vindictive to the global economic market
* When you increase Government control on the economy, moving from an unseen regulatory hand to an oppressive first party participant
Tell me, what do you expect from a disciple of the Abacha opaque doldrum economic days. What did you possibly expect

PDPwayoo:

na for book. it does not have impact on ordinary lives in africa. Remember when global stock market crashed, the real impact could not be ascertained in Africa/Nigeria.

Everything about Nigeria is for book not reality. Nigeria as the biggest economy in Africa has no direct impact on ordinary citizen.

mianyaegbu:
What were u expecting from somebody that failed maths and economics, somebody who believes that its only probing that will bring development..
Economically we are dwindling but soaring probetically.. lol

Bollinger:


All your points could have also been made during obasanjo, yaradua/jonathan's period. you all's problem is you forget too soon. These problems have been ongoing since independence, but Nigerians choose to forget and blame whoever is an easy target. Name one lengthy period in our history we've had uninterrupted power supply? Name one period in our history where we've not had gas shortage? etc. Nigerians act like Nigeria was an Eldorado state and obasanjo/Jonathan/Buhari somehow destroyed it. The country was crap since independence and it still is. Nigerians need to change their mentality.

PDPwayoo:


stock market is all about figures going up and down. China stock market is at lowest point now. NIGERIA ECONOMY, I MEAN BASIC STANDARD OF LIVING HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH STOCK MARKET.

sauceny:
Wow...Tonnes of monies lost during trading.

[size=20pt]$8,000,000,000(N1.6t)[/size]

danjumakolo:


Hey dude,don't talk like a neo colonialists like world bank.

In any loss contest,there is always a winner.Here the winner is the Nigerian economy and by extension the masses.Why do you think Chinese stocks slummed last week?

The investors that lost are largely foreign investors.This is.because the naija govt is still studying and perfecting the already battered economy by the past.administration.Basically oil price drop is an economic indication that Nigeria will need to diversify.So the investors are not.being bullish.because they new PMB May not come for.high interest funds in their market.Also with the heavy stolen money.being.retrieve from looters and the hopeful income without leakage that will.come.from the.top income.Centers e.g customs,firs etc and also the TSA creation ,the.investors surely knows it.won't.be high profit at the detriment of our economy.

olaolulazio:
They will recover their losses in the next 100days!

PDPwayoo:


stock market is all about figures going up and down. China stock market is at lowest point now. NIGERIA ECONOMY, I MEAN BASIC STANDARD OF LIVING HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH STOCK MARKET.

Firefire:



Wait a minute, even if na for book.

Are you saying all the investors in our capital market are non-Nigerians and even ghost ?

We do have small in-house investors that their investment value is noise diving, this do have economic impact on our economy.

Mee234:

Bros u don't know what u are talking about. Were u in this country when NOI and the than CBN governor were fighting for their lives to prevent Nigerians from crucifying them for assuring Nigerians they were immune from that crash?

Firefire:
By Emeka Anaeto, Economy Editor

LAGOS — Investors in the Nigerian stock market lost N1.6 trillion in the first 100 days of President Muhammadu Buhari’s government, going by report of activities at the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) as at close of business last weekend.

The NSE market capitalization (total value of all shares in the NSE) closed at N10.1 trillion, down by over 14 per cent from N11.7 trillion closing value on the last day of the former President Goodluck Jonathan-led administration, May 28, 2015.

Similarly, the key performance index of the exchange, the All Shares Index (ASI), dropped by over 13 per cent to 29,511.1 points from 34,310.9 within the same period.Change-probe

Market analysts have described this development as a summation of local and foreign investors’ characterization of the economic policy environment as hazy and uncertain in the past three months.

They also attributed the negative turn of affairs in the stock market to the gloomy picture foisted on the economy by the combination of declining oil revenue and lack of a clear policy response to it.

In reaction to the economic developments in the first 100 days of Buhari’s regime, Afrinvest Group, a Lagos-based investment banking house, said: “Investors in the financial markets have remained on the sideline as a result of lack of fiscal policy direction from the president coupled with exchange rate uncertainty. /

Equities market lost 14% since June

“The Nigerian equities market has lost 14 per cent since June till date while the bonds market (as measured by FMDQ index) shed 3 per cent in the same period.”

They added that “in the absence of clear fiscal economic blueprint, the monetary authority introduced several exchange rate policies which have continued to pressure the market, constraining foreign portfolio inflows into the market.”

Similarly, investors’ unenthusiastic expectations for first half of 2015 corporate financial reports, especially in the consumer goods sector, has further dampened investors’ sentiments. This is evident in the unimpressive earnings posted by the companies that have released their reports for the first half where almost all of them show significant decline in earnings.

According to stockbrokers, earnings results published so far underscore the tough operating environment in the economy.

Notwithstanding, Afrinvest expressed optimism thus: “The President has promised to unveil his list of cabinet members in September. This is expected to catalyze the economy and the capital market to optimizing their potentials in the medium term.

“Our position is anchored on the fact that ministerial appointments, which are set to be concluded by September 2015, are expected to give the market a sense of direction of the Buhari-led government, consequently, activating improved market performance.

“Correspondingly, we expect economic activities in the second half of 2015 to improve relative to first half of 2015; thus, corporate earnings performances should mirror the economic outlook.

“Therefore, we place a higher weighting on the possibility of a fantastic positive overall return for medium to long term investors and also preach caution on short term speculative trading.”

Afrinvest Group had earlier said the economy growth rate would be down to 3.5 per cent as against 5 per cent it had projected this year.

Updates on economy and markets

Reacting to the updates on the economy and the markets, Renaissance Capital (Rencap Group), a multinational financial institution, downgraded Nigeria’s economic growth rate expectations. According to them, Nigeria’s economy will grow year-on-year (Y-o-Y) by 2.8 per cent, down from its earlier forecast growth rate of 3.4 per cent.

In its report, Rencap Group stated: “We revise down our 2015 growth forecast for Nigeria to 2.8 per cent (from 3.4 per cent) following this week’s release of exceptionally weak growth data from Nigeria and South Africa.

Rencap was referring to the data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) in its latest economic statistical report focusing on the Nation’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for second quarter (Q2) 2015.

The NBS report indicated that the real growth rate of the monetary value of all goods and services produced in the country during the period slowed to 2.4 per cent Y-o-Y, down from 4.0 per cent in Q1, 2015 and 6.5 per cent in Q2, 2014. This was on the back of the low crude oil prices and decline in oil production to 2.1mbpd from 2.2mbpd in Q2, 2014.

Growth rate mark-down

Giving reason for the growth rate mark-down, Rencap Group said: “We revise down our 2015 growth forecast for two reasons: First, half 2015 growth of 3.1 per cent Y-o-Y came below our 2015 forecast of 3.4 per cent and second, we expect supply constraints, related to foreign exchange restrictions and the de facto import ban, to undermine growth in second half 2015.”

The impact of continued decline in the international oil price has dragged down growth indices in the Nigerian economy in the second quarter, 2015.

According to a report by the NBS, Nigeria’s GDP expanded 2.35 percent on an annual basis, compared with 3.96 percent a quarter earlier.

Reuters, world’s leading financial media, in a commentary last week said ‘’as Buhari prepares to mark 100 days in office on Saturday, his critics are now using the less flattering sobriquet, Baba Go Slow.”

Reuters said, “Chief amongst their complaints is the 72-year-old’s decision not to appoint a cabinet until later this month, putting the economic policy of the country of 170 million people in limbo, and leaving the likes of the central bank to fill the vacuum’’.

According to Reuters ‘’a Western diplomat said the last few months, in which Buhari has governed alone with briefings by civil servants, had caused a bottleneck because he had failed to delegate authority’’.

However the Reuters report quoted Mr Femi Adesina, the president’s spokesman as saying “When the ministers are appointed, some will constitute an economic team and then formulate a policy,”

Commenting on the government economy policy gaps Muda Yusuf, director general of the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry LCCI) said “The fact that the CBN has been allowed to take steps that look more like fiscal policy decisions is a source of major concern. “The president doesn’t seem to appreciate the enormity of the disruption that the CBN policy on foreign exchange is causing in the economy,” he said, adding that international trade had been hit and some firms had lost their credit lines.

CBN, in the wake of sustained demand pressure on foreign exchange reserves and exchange rate, had introduced several demand management policies that has equally restricted transaction leverages.

The results have been mixed but key amongst them was stabilization of the foreign reserves at above USD31 billion for over two months now as well as stabilization of the exchange rate at the official windows at about N199/USD1.00. But the parallel market has fluctuated widely between N210/USD1.00 and N230/ USD1.00 while the premium has been very high, an indication, according to market operators, of a fundamental distortion.

But CBN appears to be having its own peculiar challenges with the policy situation in the country. The apex bank has indicated that fiscal policy gaps resulting from absence of functional government economic policies and other factors outside its control have constrained the ability of its policies to rein in on price stability in the economy.

In its post Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) report CBN expressed worry at the developments in the inflationary pressure since this year amidst its monetary policies aimed at curtailing excess liquidity, one of the main drivers of inflationary pressures.

It stated ‘’the drivers of the current upward inflationary spiral were of a transient nature and mostly outside the direct control of monetary policy. Consequently, the opportunity for further policy maneuver remains largely constrained in the absence of supporting fiscal measures’’.

The general statement of the MPC signed by the CBN Governor, Mr Godwin Emefiele, therefore, urged for coordination of monetary, fiscal and structural policies to stimulate output growth, and stabilize the exchange rate.

Economy observers believe that emplacement of a functional federal executive council especially the finance minister and other ministers in the economy segment would have helped the situation in the area of policy formulation and strategy as well as implementation of the 2015 budget and formulation of 2016 budget and medium term expenditure framework (MTEF).

A top executive of the ministry of finance told Vanguard last weekend that the ministry has existing economic policy framework part of which was in the 2015 budget but lamented that the policies have to be stepped down following the outcome of the last presidential election lost by the federal executives that created the policy.

Though he defended the absence of a replacement or modification three months after the take off of the new regime he however stated that the President Buhari would task the in-coming economy sector ministers to rework the policies or create new one.

He defended the present regime’s apparent delay in making policy pronouncements in the backdrop of rising apprehension over the economy, saying the new regime needed time to settle down before making major pronnouncements.

As a result of this situation many investors especially multinationals, are holding back major investment decisions. One of them in the oil and gas sector told Vanguard last weekend that his company in the United States of America still believes Nigeria is a good space for their overseas expansion programme but they have decided to wait until a clear policy is announced before they can make concrete moves towards committing resources.

Members of the House of Representatives last week summoned Finance Ministry, Budget Office, Fiscal Responsibility Commission, National Planning Commission, Debt Management Office and Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Commission to explain why the 2015 Appropriation Act is not being implemented.

Also, the ad-hoc committee set up by the 8th House of Assembly last week commenced a public hearing over non-implementation of 2015 Budget. It was reliably gathered that officials of other agencies related to finance may also be summoned to appear before the ad-hoc committee headed by Rep. Ahmed Pategi, Kwara APC, at the public hearing.

Officials of the MDAs are expected to come with enough evidence to convince the lawmakers that the 2015 Appropriation Act is on course.

The House, at plenary on August 13, 2015 had constituted an ad-hoc committee to investigate the non- implementation of the budget following a motion promoted by Rep. Patrick Asadu, Enugu PDP, under matters of urgent public importance.

Asadu had accused the Federal Government of abandoning the implementation of the 2015 budget and capital projects, almost mid way into the third quarter of the financial year.

He submitted that the non release of the funds deprives the country of highly needed basic facilities and subjects its citizens to infrastructural and economic hardship, stunting the nation’s economic growth.

Lalasticlala.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/09/investors-lose-n1-6trn-in-first-100-days-of-buhari-tenure/

experimentist:
I love Buhari

Nellybii:
io

Don't mind the incurable optimist joor. I support your pessimistic view. I agree with you and all other looters and Nigerian enemies that under PMB you are doomed, your future is bleak. I support your fall to grass jare.
Just imagine. Any group can cook up any report and publish and what effect does it have on the average Nigerian? That was how one stupid organization published that Nigeria has the largest economy bla bla bla and we were actually burrowing to pay salaries. Thank God we now have a real man as President and not a thief and woman wrapper, kaikai drinking Mumu. Mtchewwwwww.

BraniacX:


You're a stark illiterate economically

Figures moving up and down seriously?

Those figures represent cash, the cash that could help a company expand and create jobs, the cash that dictates the spending power of investors and employees which trickle downstream to the traders on the street and in market places, the cash that determines whether this downstream people would be able to afford three square meals a day so shush and don't embarrass yourself. How are states that depend on government sector employees as the apex source of cash into their local economies faring now that salaries are not forthcoming? Don't you get it that not everyone of us is an ab0ki destined to be foisted into government service whether qualified or not? Some of us have to hustle for ourselves out on the streets

danjumakolo:
[s]

Hey dude,don't talk like a neo colonialists like world bank.

In any loss contest,there is always a winner.Here the winner is the Nigerian economy and by extension the masses.Why do you think Chinese stocks slummed last week?

The investors that lost are largely foreign investors.This is.because the naija govt is still studying and perfecting the already battered economy by the past.administration.Basically oil price drop is an economic indication that Nigeria will need to diversify.So the investors are not.being bullish.because they new PMB May not come for.high interest funds in their market.Also with the heavy stolen money.being.retrieve from looters and the hopeful income without leakage that will.come.from the.top income.Centers e.g customs,firs etc and also the TSA creation ,the.investors surely knows it.won't.be high profit at the detriment of our economy.[/s]

hinwazaka:

To be honest, I can't put a handle on what you are saying. The past administration created a conducive business atmosphere for foreign investors, but not at the expense of the local industries. The government ensured their survival admist foreign competition, with the implementation of the Local content bill, which helped protect the share of the local markets according to the infant industry market. This government, on the other hand is not encouraging foreign investors, and also not protecting the local industries. The only direction, you can phantom from the governments actions are the draconian measures implemented to monopolize the various markets in the nation into the hands of a few cronies and friends. This sort of practice, was also done under the administration of the late dictator Gen. Abacha. The TSA argument is a funny and deceitful attempt by the APC to rewrite history. The operation of multiple accounts was started 48years ago and was still in operation under his watch in his first stint in power, but was only put to a stop under the dispensation of GEJ. The facts speak for themselves. Our GDP is in disarray and the impact of foreign investment is at an all time low. You can't turn a pyramid on its head.

Firefire:
God punish Goodluck!

PDPwayoo:


you dont know anything. Nigeria as the biggest economy in Africa is of what impact on ordinary citizens? Im not an illiterate i know what stock market is all about. As a matter fact, im an investor
But igbo man doing buying and selling has no business with stock market. Ab0ki farmer has no business with impact of stock market.

dmandy:
Hypocrisy is when u believe that Buhari is to be blamed for this but shouldn't be praised for the Refineries that are working.

Meanwhile, the man should do fast and constitute his economic team before I vex.

BraniacX:


Hypocrisy??

No this is fact

On one hand there is infrastructural work and policies being implemented which can be verified by their timeline, on the other hand, there is a dearth or absence of policy by a new administration in an area (economy) where constant imput is expected and that is why a fiscal year is broken into quaters to measure the effects of policy implementations, Q1 and Q2 were GEJ's and they were far better than Q3 which is buhari's so what exactly is the hypocrisy here? If buhari had left GEJ's economic policies in place we won't be here wailing so soon