This document discusses Nigeria's dependence on oil revenues and how declining global oil prices threaten the country's economy and ability to fulfill political promises made during recent elections. It notes that Nigeria needs an oil price of $123 to balance its budget but prices have declined to around $50 per barrel. Lower prices are likely to continue for years, which could force Nigeria's new government to scale back promises if revenues do not match projections. The document examines factors like US shale production, OPEC policies, and global economic and political conditions that are keeping prices low.
Manhattan West Weekly Market Commentary 10.14.19 TrevorCharlston
Attention shifted from global economic growth concerns to U.S.-China trade talks last week, and progress towards a resolution helped boost domestic equity markets. The S&P 500 was up 0.66% last week, while the Dow and Nasdaq were up 0.93% and 0.94% respectively. The Dow is the only major index with a year-to-date return below 20%, while the Nasdaq leads the way at 22.45%. The S&P 500 currently has a year-to-date return of 20.38%. Interest rates rose last week as the appetite for risk increased, with the U.S. 10-Year Treasury Note selling off 24 basis points and finishing the week at 1.76%. This appetite for risk was also driven by perceived progress in Brexit discussions between the United Kingdom and European Union.
Is a Recession Coming? The Good, the Bad and the Ugly of Economic TrendsTom Weinandy
There has been a lot of recent chatter by journalists, academics and businesses as to whether the next recession is imminent. But what does the data say? This session will analyze current trends that show both positive and negative signals on the strength and direction of the U.S. economy. It will also discuss the risks that could trigger a downturn. You will leave with a better understanding of how to interpret the economic trends reported in business news.
Recently, a number of factors have come together to break the two major shackles that have held the world stuck in a static state for the majority of this year. The bigger of these two- though there was some strong interlinkage, was the announcement of a vaccine for the coronavirus; in
Manhattan West Weekly Market Commentary 10.14.19 TrevorCharlston
Attention shifted from global economic growth concerns to U.S.-China trade talks last week, and progress towards a resolution helped boost domestic equity markets. The S&P 500 was up 0.66% last week, while the Dow and Nasdaq were up 0.93% and 0.94% respectively. The Dow is the only major index with a year-to-date return below 20%, while the Nasdaq leads the way at 22.45%. The S&P 500 currently has a year-to-date return of 20.38%. Interest rates rose last week as the appetite for risk increased, with the U.S. 10-Year Treasury Note selling off 24 basis points and finishing the week at 1.76%. This appetite for risk was also driven by perceived progress in Brexit discussions between the United Kingdom and European Union.
Is a Recession Coming? The Good, the Bad and the Ugly of Economic TrendsTom Weinandy
There has been a lot of recent chatter by journalists, academics and businesses as to whether the next recession is imminent. But what does the data say? This session will analyze current trends that show both positive and negative signals on the strength and direction of the U.S. economy. It will also discuss the risks that could trigger a downturn. You will leave with a better understanding of how to interpret the economic trends reported in business news.
Recently, a number of factors have come together to break the two major shackles that have held the world stuck in a static state for the majority of this year. The bigger of these two- though there was some strong interlinkage, was the announcement of a vaccine for the coronavirus; in
Promoting Export-Led Economic Growth in Nigeria –The Export Processing Zone O...inventionjournals
The volatility in crude oil production in Nigeria, which in recent times, have been heightened by militant attacks on critical oil installations in the Niger Delta area and the continued price spiral in international oil market has once again brought to the front burner anxieties about the future of the oil sector in the Nigerian economy. The unfolding scenario has again exposed the Nigerian economy to downside risks of volatility in oil prices with attendant consequences and multiple effects on the economy and businesses as well.. Since the third quarter of 2015, fallen prices of crude oil and fluctuations in crude oil production in Nigeria have conspired to put the country’s economy in dire straits. The oil price has fallen by more than 50 percent since June 2014, when it was $115 a barrel. It is now consistently below $50 and has been as low as $37. These developments have put the nation’s fiscal operations in quandary. The government has rightly responded by putting in place various fiscal and monetary measures to stem the tide. The federal government has adopted some austere measures to cushion the effect of the persistent drop in revenue. However, the implementation of these short-term measures to shore up revenue could be impeded by political exigencies which often times overrides economic rationality. Thus, a more comprehensive and alternative approach that will promote non-oil export will be a better option. To this end, the authors recommend the revitalization and retooling of the Export Processing Zone (EPZ) Scheme in order to effectively diversify the economy away from oil to an export-led economy.
EY Price Point: global oil and gas market outlook, Q319EY
The theme for this quarter is consistency: in the significant trends impacting prices, at least. The forces that impacted oil prices in the second quarter were the same as those that have impacted prices quarter after quarter for the past several years. Surging North American production counterbalanced by OPEC+ production cuts has kept prices in a fairly narrow range. The market has become remarkably resilient. For some time now, long-dated oil futures have traded at a price very close to the market’s view of the break-even price of unconventional oil in North America.
The Saturday Economist Oil Market Update 2015John Ashcroft
What is pushing oil prices lower? What’s the difference between Brent Crude or West Texas Intermediate? Will prices stay low and what are the prospects for oil demand growth? Who are the winners and losers? What is the impact of lower oil prices on the economy? Are lower oil prices good for growth? What does the falling price mean for the consumer? US Oils rigs go up as the oil prices rise, so is the real challenge, Sheiks versus Shale or a Western squeeze on Russian resources?
Check out our oil market update to understand just what is happening in the oil Market
This is the presentation that was delivered to wealth managers and financial advisors in August 2009 at the launch of the SA Bullion IFA Platform.
The presentation is in 3 Parts:
1. The Case for Gold in the 21st Century
2. How to Include Bullion in an Investment Portfolio
3. Presenting The BullionGold Facility
All interest to be directed to business@sabullion.co.za
www.sabullion.co.za
Recent Government Moves, Impact on Global EconomyRakeshWadhwaFree
Every time the government intervenes with market forces, there is a huge adverse impact on business, consumers, workers and the entire economy. Often the ripple effect is felt across the globe.
EY Price Point: Global Oil and Gas Market Outlook - Q3EY
The oil and gas sector is constantly changing. Increasingly uncertain energy policies, geopolitical complexities, cost management and climate change all present significant challenges. EY’s Global Oil & Gas Sector supports a global network of more than 10,000 oil and gas professionals with extensive experience in providing assurance, tax, transaction and advisory services across the upstream, midstream, downstream and oil field sub-sectors.
Standpoint: Global Reflation by Kevin Lings STANLIB
Fears of sustained deflation and stagnant growth in the United States and Europe have been replaced by a more optimistic growth outlook as well as concerns about rising inflation. This has driven developed market equities higher, but also weakened major bond markets.
The crisis in the Middle East was caused by the lack of socioeconomic development in the region. The surge in the price of oil and oil products was a result of speculation regarding supply concerns and the probable spread of protests.
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Promoting Export-Led Economic Growth in Nigeria –The Export Processing Zone O...inventionjournals
The volatility in crude oil production in Nigeria, which in recent times, have been heightened by militant attacks on critical oil installations in the Niger Delta area and the continued price spiral in international oil market has once again brought to the front burner anxieties about the future of the oil sector in the Nigerian economy. The unfolding scenario has again exposed the Nigerian economy to downside risks of volatility in oil prices with attendant consequences and multiple effects on the economy and businesses as well.. Since the third quarter of 2015, fallen prices of crude oil and fluctuations in crude oil production in Nigeria have conspired to put the country’s economy in dire straits. The oil price has fallen by more than 50 percent since June 2014, when it was $115 a barrel. It is now consistently below $50 and has been as low as $37. These developments have put the nation’s fiscal operations in quandary. The government has rightly responded by putting in place various fiscal and monetary measures to stem the tide. The federal government has adopted some austere measures to cushion the effect of the persistent drop in revenue. However, the implementation of these short-term measures to shore up revenue could be impeded by political exigencies which often times overrides economic rationality. Thus, a more comprehensive and alternative approach that will promote non-oil export will be a better option. To this end, the authors recommend the revitalization and retooling of the Export Processing Zone (EPZ) Scheme in order to effectively diversify the economy away from oil to an export-led economy.
EY Price Point: global oil and gas market outlook, Q319EY
The theme for this quarter is consistency: in the significant trends impacting prices, at least. The forces that impacted oil prices in the second quarter were the same as those that have impacted prices quarter after quarter for the past several years. Surging North American production counterbalanced by OPEC+ production cuts has kept prices in a fairly narrow range. The market has become remarkably resilient. For some time now, long-dated oil futures have traded at a price very close to the market’s view of the break-even price of unconventional oil in North America.
The Saturday Economist Oil Market Update 2015John Ashcroft
What is pushing oil prices lower? What’s the difference between Brent Crude or West Texas Intermediate? Will prices stay low and what are the prospects for oil demand growth? Who are the winners and losers? What is the impact of lower oil prices on the economy? Are lower oil prices good for growth? What does the falling price mean for the consumer? US Oils rigs go up as the oil prices rise, so is the real challenge, Sheiks versus Shale or a Western squeeze on Russian resources?
Check out our oil market update to understand just what is happening in the oil Market
This is the presentation that was delivered to wealth managers and financial advisors in August 2009 at the launch of the SA Bullion IFA Platform.
The presentation is in 3 Parts:
1. The Case for Gold in the 21st Century
2. How to Include Bullion in an Investment Portfolio
3. Presenting The BullionGold Facility
All interest to be directed to business@sabullion.co.za
www.sabullion.co.za
Recent Government Moves, Impact on Global EconomyRakeshWadhwaFree
Every time the government intervenes with market forces, there is a huge adverse impact on business, consumers, workers and the entire economy. Often the ripple effect is felt across the globe.
EY Price Point: Global Oil and Gas Market Outlook - Q3EY
The oil and gas sector is constantly changing. Increasingly uncertain energy policies, geopolitical complexities, cost management and climate change all present significant challenges. EY’s Global Oil & Gas Sector supports a global network of more than 10,000 oil and gas professionals with extensive experience in providing assurance, tax, transaction and advisory services across the upstream, midstream, downstream and oil field sub-sectors.
Standpoint: Global Reflation by Kevin Lings STANLIB
Fears of sustained deflation and stagnant growth in the United States and Europe have been replaced by a more optimistic growth outlook as well as concerns about rising inflation. This has driven developed market equities higher, but also weakened major bond markets.
The crisis in the Middle East was caused by the lack of socioeconomic development in the region. The surge in the price of oil and oil products was a result of speculation regarding supply concerns and the probable spread of protests.
Vi på IVT Center Bergsängs Rör har marknadens bredaste sortiment. Hos oss hittar du bergvärmepumpar, jordvärmepumpar, sjövärmepumpar, grundvattenvärmepumpar, luft/vattenvärmepumpar, luft/luftvärmepumpar och solvärmelösningar för både villor och fastigheter.
Vi på IVT Center Sydpumpen har marknadens bredaste sortiment. Hos oss hittar du bergvärmepumpar, jordvärmepumpar, sjövärmepumpar, grundvattenvärmepumpar, luft/vattenvärmepumpar, luft/luftvärmepumpar och solvärmelösningar för både villor och fastigheter.
One of the most burning issues that have dominated the public sphere in Nigeria and other oil exporting countries is the covid-19 pandemic and its attendant challenges. This pandemic is a shock on real economic fundamentals and frictionless of the market. It introduces a barrier between the market forces with strong complementary feedbacks in the real economy. The absence of precise vaccine or medication for the virus has necessitated the adoption of several precautionary measures with the aim of containing its wide spread. Critical among which are the travel restrictions, lockdown measures as well as social and physical distancing. These measures have detrimental effect on the demand and price of oil in the international market. In view of that, this study evaluates the social and economic impact of covid-19 in Nigeria taking into cognisance the effect on certain critical macroeconomic indicators. The study adopted an analytical approach to supplement the much ongoing documentations on the subject matter. Result shows that virtually all essential macroeconomic indicators are grossly affected with tax, remittances and employment exhibiting severe consequences. Also, uncertainty, panics and lockdown measures are key to motivating higher decrease in world demand. The supply disruptions and huge death toll generates a heightened uncertainty and panic for household and business. This uncertainty and panic leads to drop in consumption and investment thereby causing a decrease in corporate cash flows and triggered firm’s bankruptcy. Also, lay-off and exiting firms produce higher unemployment while labour income decreased significantly. Since it entails a large amount of government expenditure especially in the health sector which is required to contain the spread of the virus, there is needs for government to diversify its revenue sources and thus drop over dependency on the oil remittance. Furthermore, there is a need to support the financial system to avoid the health crisis becoming a financial crisis in the long-run.
The global high yield bond markets have witnessed sentiment to risk-off mode. This has since been partially significant growth and diversification over the last few years aided by the extraordinary monetary policy accommodation provided by central banks across the world. The unprecedented liquidity made available at record low yields has thus led to a significant pick up in both primary market and secondary market activity in the asset class. Banking disintermediation in Europe and regulatory changes in the financial sector further contributed to the deepening and diversification of the high yield bond markets even as emerging market issuances entered the fray.
In this backdrop, Aranca’s special report – High Yield Bonds - The Rise of the Fallen – examines how liquidity concerns have increased with changing regulatory environment, rising capital requirements and declining risk appetite leading to decreasing bond inventories at both banks and other dealers even as corporate bond issuances are at an all-time high.
Oil Prices and Nigerian Aggregate Economic Activitiesiosrjce
This paper examines the oil prices and Nigerian aggregate economic activities. The data series
employed were guttered from various sources such as the central bank of Nigeria statistical Bulletin, Economic
and Financial Review, and the publications of International monetary fund. The study employed the linear
Dynamic VAR. results from VAR showed that oil price shocks and output in Nigeria is negative. This shows that
oil prices shock leads to reduction in gross domestic products. It is recommended that government should
diversify its revenue base and develop other sectors of Nigerian economy to contribute significantly to the
growth not of Nigerian Economy
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1. This Matter of Nigeria’s Oily Elections
It hasbeen aneventfulcoupleof monthsinNigeria,withthe 2015 general electionsassumingalarger
thanlife stature, andpractically takingoverthe dailylife of the averagecitizenandnearlyeverysingle
moment of his day.
The elections have been headlinedbyatoo-close-to-callpresidentialelection betweenanincumbent
and a formidable challenger; and has in no small measure piqued the interest and attention of the
global community – countries, agencies, heads of government and the media.
Alongwiththis international spotlight beamedonthe country hasalsocome a certainuneasiness,an
uncertainty, and a political air so tensed you could almost slice it with a knife.
As politicians and their avid supporters (plus political jobbers too) hobble and stagger with arrogant
swaggeruntopodiums,screamingintomicrophonesandsinginginhigh-pitchedvoicesthe praisesof
their candidates and casting aspersions on opponents, they occasionally take a break to dance and
sway away– evenif itisclumsilyso–toShokimovesandthe latestcacophonyof youthbeats intown.
We are entertained,irritated,optimisticandpessimisticall atonce.We have all beencaughtupinthe
frenzyandour liveshave suddenlybecomefrozen. Thanksto‘TwitterPower,’ newsandgossipblogs,
complementedbyourdailystaple of newspapersthatbringusup to speedevenwhenwe are noton
any the ubiquitous campaign grounds. Yes, it’s been a whole big lump of greasy business.
The campaign promises have been so, so impressive. Sometimes mindboggling;sometimes bogus-
sounding like, as the Americans would say, a heap of baloney.
Bogus,because whilebloatedpromisesare beingmouthedonthe campaignpodiums,scantattention
has been given the chief vehicle to fulfilling them and the ultimate tie-breaker: crude oil.
While Nigeriahasbecome one huge political festival ground withall the gladiatorsand Amazons,oil
too is busy with its own global campaign to recover from a sharp slump late last year. Its success or
failure at it might just put a lie to all the campaign promises when the chips are down and a new
government is inaugurated in May.
Will the politicians still stick by their words when oil prices fail in its own current campaigns and
Nigeria’s energy revenues don’t exactlymatch global crude prices “projections”? Or will they find a
ready alibi to shelve some of those promises or cut back on them?
Global oil expertssaygiventhe current global scenarioand oil politics,crude price islikelytoremain
below$100 for yearsto come. The futuresmarketsuggeststhe price will recoverslowlytohitabout
$70 by 2019, while most experts forecast a range of $40-$80 for the next few years. Anything more
precise is futile.
According to a Deutsche Bank/IMF report, Nigeria needs oil pricesto stabilize at $123 to balance its
budget projections. The figure is a far cry from the current world price which dipped below $50 a
barrel forthe firsttime since May2009 afterafairlystable periodfrom2010 until mid-2014of around
$110 a barrel.
2. The governmentwasforcedtopegthisyearbudgetat$45perbarrel afterhopespricesmightperhaps
recoverquicklydwindled. Will the Nigeriangovernment – new or old – seize the momentto further
diversify the economy and maximise the country’s earning potentials.
Saudi Arabia, and Gulf producers such as the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait have amassed
considerable foreign currency reserves, which means that they couldrun deficits for several years if
necessary.
However, Nigeria and other OPEC members such as Iran and Iraq with greater domestic budgetary
demands because of their large population sizes in relation to their oil revenues, have less room for
manoeuvre. These countries have combined foreigncurrency reserves of less than $200bn, and are
already under pressure from increased US competition.
Nigeria,whichisAfrica'sbiggestoil producer,hasseengrowthin the rest of itseconomybut despite
this it remains heavily oil-dependent.Energy sales account for up to 80% of all government revenue
and more than 90% of the country's exports.
Crude prices surged again on March 26, jumping $3.72 to $54.55/bbl as Saudi Arabia and its allies
launchedairstrikesinYementoneutralizeIranian-backedShiiteHouthi rebels. Buthopesthatpockets
of global political upheavalslikethe tension inYemenwouldsparkthe revival of oil pricesmightjust
fizzle out as soon as it begins as prices fell more than $1 in the next day as nuclear talks with Iran
progressed.
Analysts say predicting the oil price is a bit of a mug’s game as there are simply too many variables
involvedtomake anykindofmeaningful,definitiveforecast. Whatwe doknow isthat,despitearecent
upturn, the price of oil has slumped almost 50% since last summer following the longest-running
decline for 20 years.
With the boomingUS shale industryshowinglittle signsof slowing,andgrowingconcernsabout the
strength of the global economy,there are good reasons to suspect that the current slump in the oil
price will continue for some time.
Thisispreciselywhen OPEC,the cartelof majorglobaloilproducers,wouldnormallystepintostabilise
prices by cutting production. It has done so many times in the past, so oftenin fact that the market
expects OPEC to intervene.
Thistime it hasn’t.In a historicmove at the endof last year, OPEC saidnot onlythat it wouldnotcut
productionfromits30 millionbarrelsaday(mb/d) quota,buthad no intentionof doingsoevenif oil
fell to $20 a barrel.
And this was no empty threat. Despite furious opposition from Venezuela, Iran and Algeria, OPEC
kingpin Saudi Arabia simply refused to bail out its more vulnerable cohorts - many OPEC members
needanoil price of $100 or more to balance theirbudgets,butwithanestimated$900bninreserves,
Saudi can afford to play the waiting game.
OPECnowsuppliesalittle over30%of the world'soil,downfromalmost50% inthe 1970s, partlydue
to US shale producers flooding the market with almost 4 mb/d from a standing start 10 years ago.