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Nigeria: 2016 Article IV Consultation- Press Release; Staff Report; and Statement by the Executive Director for Nigeria

April 8, 2016

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Nigeria: 2016 Article IV Consultation- Press Release; Staff Report; and Statement by the Executive Director for Nigeria, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2016) accessed September 19, 2024

Summary

This paper discusses outlook and risk for Nigeria. Its economy has been hit hard by global developments that have aggravated longstanding development weaknesses. Macrofinancial outcomes are closely linked with the price of oil. Policy uncertainty has amplified the impact of global developments. The large permanent terms-of-trade shock requires a significant macroeconomic adjustment. It is important to initiate urgently an integrated package of policies centered on a fundamental change in the nature of government; reducing external imbalances (including real exchange rate realignment); further safeguarding the resilience and improving the efficiency of the banking sector; and implementing structural reforms for inclusive growth.

Subject: Exchange restrictions, Expenditure, Foreign exchange, Oil prices, Prices, Public financial management (PFM)

Keywords: Authority, CR, Economy, Exchange restrictions, GDP, Global, Government development strategy, Government's strategy, ISCR, Nigeria development finance Project, Nigerian authorities, Oil price shock, Oil prices, Price, West Africa

Publication Details

  • Pages:

    88

  • Volume:

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  • DOI:

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  • Issue:

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  • Series:

    Country Report No. 2016/101

  • Stock No:

    1NGAEA2016001

  • ISBN:

    9781484320037

  • ISSN:

    1934-7685