economy

People & Money
Michael AjifowokeJanuary 24, 2021
Post-Lockdown Recovery Puts China On Fast Track to Become Largest Economy
China is bouncing back relatively quickly from the new coronavirus pandemic and impressively. The Chinese economy returned to pre-pandemic growth…
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People & Money
Michael AjifowokeDecember 28, 2020
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China to Become World’s Biggest Economy In 8 Years – Report
China will become the world’s biggest economy before the end of the decade, overtaking the United States, Britain-based consultancy Centre…
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People & Money
Ugonnabo NgwuDecember 10, 2020
1
Nigerian Economy At Risk of Falling Apart – World Bank
The weight of the pandemic outbreak on the Nigerian economy will send personal incomes back to the levels they were…
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People & Money
Michael AjifowokeDecember 6, 2020
New CBN Special Bills A Boost to Banks’ Liquidity, Economic Activity
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) this week approved the release of banks’ excess Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) as part…
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People & Money
November 21, 2020
1
Nigeria Enters “Technical Recession”, Deepest Since 1987
A technical recession is often caused by a single event e.g. the fall in oil prices or an outbreak of…
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People & Money
November 21, 2020
1
Nigerian Markets Last Week: Oil to Rebound in 2021, Economy in Recession as Inflation Passes 14%
The Nigerian Markets report for the week ended November 20, 2020. Stock Market After recording a historic surge the previous…
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People & Money
November 6, 2020
Nigerian Banks Could Fail Survival Tests if Economy Contracts Further
Nigerian banks face the risk of falling below minimum capital buffers demanded by regulatory authorities in case the economy tightens…
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People & Money
November 3, 2020
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Nigeria Recorded N409bn Fiscal Deficit in August – Report
The Nigerian government recorded a fiscal deficit of N409.39bn in August, a report by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)…
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People & Money
Abimbola AgboluajeOctober 31, 2020
Consumers’ Confidence in Economy dipped in Q3 2020
A survey of the Central Bank of Nigeria has shown that consumers’ confidence in the economy dropped in the third…
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People & Money
Abimbola AgboluajeOctober 20, 2020
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#ENDSARS: Nigeria Loses N700bn to Protests, Unrest – LCCI
The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) has said that the Nigerian economy lost about N700 billion to the…
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Country	Total Cases	New Cases	Total Deaths	New Deaths	Recovered	Active Cases	Critical Cases
USA	29,064,671	12,409	521,087	302	19,438,032	9,105,552	15,861
India	11,077,957	14,919	156,947	86	10,760,379	160,631	8,944
Brazil	10,393,886	-	251,661	-	9,323,696	818,529	8,318
Russia	4,223,186	11,086	85,304	428	3,783,386	354,496	2,300
UK	4,163,085	8,523	122,415	345	2,727,466	1,313,204	2,047
France	3,686,813	-	85,582	-	254,868	3,346,363	3,430
Spain	3,180,212	-	68,813	-	2,617,239	494,160	3,123
Italy	2,888,923	20,499	97,227	253	2,387,032	404,664	2,194
Turkey	2,683,971	9,205	28,432	74	2,556,785	98,754	1,195
Germany	2,430,981	4,162	70,238	235	2,235,700	125,043	2,898
Colombia	2,241,225	-	59,396	-	2,138,193	43,636	2,509
Argentina	2,093,645	-	51,795	-	1,886,732	155,118	3,467
Mexico	2,069,370	8,462	183,692	877	1,620,008	265,670	4,798
Poland	1,684,788	11,539	43,353	259	1,405,552	235,883	1,467
Iran	1,615,184	8,103	59,899	69	1,379,922	175,363	3,720
South Africa	1,509,124	-	49,667	-	1,424,401	35,056	546
Ukraine	1,333,844	8,003	25,742	146	1,163,555	144,547	177
Indonesia	1,322,866	8,232	35,786	268	1,128,672	158,408	-
Peru	1,308,722	-	45,903	-	1,210,749	52,070	2,130
Czechia	1,212,780	14,457	19,999	84	1,055,083	137,698	1,531
Netherlands	1,079,084	5,113	15,503	65	-	1,063,581	525
Canada	858,220	-	21,865	-	806,017	30,338	588
Chile	816,929	4,585	20,400	90	772,951	23,578	1,658
Portugal	802,773	1,027	16,243	58	714,493	72,037	522
Romania	795,732	3,761	20,233	66	736,020	39,479	968
Israel	770,780	3,054	5,697	10	725,953	39,130	737
Belgium	763,885	3,076	22,006	18	52,091	689,788	362
Iraq	688,698	4,336	13,365	14	630,178	45,155	386
Sweden	657,309	-	12,826	40	-	644,483	228
Pakistan	577,482	1,541	12,804	32	542,393	22,285	1,558
Philippines	571,327	2,651	12,247	46	524,582	34,498	785
Switzerland	554,932	1,065	9,961	7	507,856	37,115	180
Bangladesh	545,424	470	8,395	11	495,498	41,531	-
Morocco	482,994	480	8,608	10	468,387	5,999	306
Austria	454,860	2,093	8,515	22	427,257	19,088	258
Serbia	453,240	3,339	4,414	16	400,347	48,479	159
Japan	429,472	919	7,722	75	406,584	15,166	457
Hungary	419,182	4,668	14,795	123	317,899	86,488	451
UAE	385,160	3,498	1,198	16	377,537	6,425	-
Jordan	383,912	3,644	4,650	23	343,840	35,422	256
Saudi Arabia	376,723	346	6,483	3	367,691	2,549	477
Lebanon	366,319	-	4,560	-	281,194	80,565	913
Panama	339,383	-	5,810	-	324,156	9,417	195
Slovakia	303,420	2,645	6,966	107	255,300	41,154	677
Malaysia	295,951	2,253	1,111	11	266,846	27,994	201
Belarus	284,500	1,602	1,957	9	274,743	7,800	-
Ecuador	281,169	-	15,669	-	238,817	26,683	513
Nepal	273,872	-	2,685	-	270,223	964	-
Georgia	270,137	337	3,485	10	264,047	2,605	-
Bolivia	246,822	1,103	11,577	30	191,081	44,164	71
Bulgaria	243,946	-	10,079	-	202,694	31,173	370
Croatia	242,097	505	5,503	14	233,548	3,046	73
Dominican Republic	238,205	576	3,082	7	189,163	45,960	220
Azerbaijan	233,989	219	3,213	4	228,479	2,297	-
Tunisia	231,298	-	7,911	-	195,739	27,648	259
Ireland	217,478	-	4,271	-	23,364	189,843	137
Kazakhstan	211,212	855	2,540	-	195,121	13,551	221
Denmark	210,212	530	2,353	2	201,531	6,328	43
Costa Rica	203,914	-	2,796	-	175,883	25,235	150
Lithuania	196,690	624	3,225	13	182,263	11,202	153
Kuwait	189,046	1,022	1,072	5	177,133	10,841	155
Slovenia	188,676	914	3,823	14	171,905	12,948	94
Greece	188,201	1,732	6,439	29	165,095	16,667	326
Moldova	183,338	1,452	3,899	28	164,888	14,551	306
Palestine	180,848	1,555	2,019	11	165,205	13,624	100
Egypt	180,640	-	10,541	-	139,494	30,605	90
Guatemala	173,814	672	6,348	14	160,576	6,890	5
Armenia	171,510	283	3,183	4	163,165	5,162	-
Honduras	168,243	749	4,099	23	65,425	98,719	444
Qatar	162,737	469	257	-	152,807	9,673	102
Paraguay	156,189	-	3,135	-	130,531	22,523	256
Ethiopia	156,112	-	2,321	-	133,607	20,184	387
Nigeria	154,476	-	1,891	-	131,699	20,886	10
Myanmar	141,875	34	3,198	-	131,435	7,242	-
Oman	140,588	-	1,562	-	131,684	7,342	68
Venezuela	137,871	-	1,334	-	129,927	6,610	117
Libya	132,458	625	2,174	18	119,492	10,792	-
Bosnia	130,979	469	5,071	9	115,847	10,061	-
Bahrain	120,495	-	439	-	113,132	6,924	66
Algeria	112,622	-	2,973	-	77,683	31,966	19
Kenya	105,467	410	1,853	6	86,521	17,093	61
Albania	105,229	916	1,756	20	68,007	35,466	46
Macedonia	101,762	548	3,119	8	90,895	7,748	131
China	89,877	6	4,636	-	84,997	244	1
South Korea	88,922	406	1,585	4	79,880	7,457	144
Kyrgyzstan	86,142	51	1,463	-	83,061	1,618	29
Latvia	84,983	725	1,601	8	74,078	9,304	78
Sri Lanka	82,430	497	459	-	77,625	4,346	-
Ghana	82,131	458	594	6	75,604	5,933	150
Uzbekistan	79,804	31	622	-	78,333	849	28
Zambia	77,639	468	1,066	7	72,635	3,938	297
Montenegro	74,789	606	994	7	65,251	8,544	68
Norway	70,345	305	622	2	63,783	5,940	18
Estonia	62,830	1,204	575	8	48,491	13,764	41
Singapore	59,913	13	29	-	59,803	81	1
El Salvador	59,866	154	1,841	9	55,312	2,713	43
Mozambique	58,218	621	613	-	39,806	17,799	-
Finland	56,407	720	742	2	40,000	15,665	38
Afghanistan	55,707	11	2,443	1	49,285	3,979	1,064
Uruguay	55,695	-	595	-	48,496	6,604	61
Luxembourg	55,110	239	637	3	51,487	2,986	17
Cuba	48,441	875	314	2	43,735	4,392	61
Uganda	40,322	22	334	-	14,616	25,372	-
Namibia	38,206	-	416	-	35,788	2,002	18
Zimbabwe	35,994	-	1,458	-	32,455	2,081	41
Cameroon	35,714	-	551	-	32,594	2,569	53
Senegal	34,031	290	857	5	28,377	4,797	50
Cyprus	33,909	-	231	-	2,057	31,621	19
Côte d'Ivoire	32,295	-	188	-	31,224	883	-
Malawi	31,675	173	1,037	4	18,183	12,455	4
Australia	28,958	11	909	-	26,164	1,885	-
Botswana	28,371	-	310	-	23,244	4,817	1
Sudan	28,270	-	1,878	-	22,844	3,548	-
Thailand	25,809	45	83	-	24,952	774	1
DRC	25,691	95	707	2	18,286	6,698	-
Jamaica	22,471	204	413	3	13,231	8,827	24
Malta	21,982	258	313	2	19,087	2,582	18
Angola	20,695	-	502	-	19,238	955	11
Madagascar	19,831	-	297	-	19,296	238	23
Maldives	19,346	-	60	-	16,838	2,448	162
Rwanda	18,553	-	258	-	17,279	1,016	9
French Polynesia	18,379	-	139	-	4,842	13,398	5
Mauritania	17,179	-	439	-	16,524	216	14
Swaziland	16,946	-	650	-	14,031	2,265	36
Mayotte	16,861	-	107	5	2,964	13,790	22
French Guiana	16,529	-	83	-	9,995	6,451	11
Guinea	15,789	-	88	-	14,821	880	24
Syrian Arab Republic	15,405	-	1,014	-	9,553	4,838	-
Cabo Verde	15,201	-	145	-	14,694	362	23
Gabon	14,564	330	83	3	13,143	1,338	10
Tajikistan	13,308	-	90	-	13,218	-	-
Réunion	12,416	-	52	-	11,270	1,094	55
Haiti	12,390	-	248	-	9,611	2,531	-
Belize	12,280	-	315	-	11,824	141	2
Burkina Faso	11,914	-	142	-	11,340	432	-
Hong Kong	10,951	24	198	-	10,493	260	18
Andorra	10,822	23	110	-	10,394	318	17
Lesotho	10,468	-	292	-	3,577	6,599	-
Guadeloupe	9,746	-	159	-	2,242	7,345	6
Suriname	8,901	-	170	-	8,385	346	5
Congo	8,820	-	128	-	7,019	1,673	-
Bahamas	8,496	-	179	-	7,274	1,043	1
Guyana	8,485	-	195	-	7,890	400	4
Mali	8,349	-	349	-	6,352	1,648	-
Aruba	7,804	-	71	-	7,494	239	11
Trinidad and Tobago	7,697	-	139	-	7,436	122	2
South Sudan	7,597	248	90	3	4,107	3,400	9
Martinique	6,687	-	45	-	98	6,544	2
Somalia	6,687	-	223	-	3,784	2,680	-
Togo	6,637	-	82	-	5,489	1,066	-
Nicaragua	6,445	-	173	-	4,225	2,047	-
Djibouti	6,062	2	63	-	5,894	105	-
Iceland	6,049	-	29	-	6,006	14	8
Equatorial Guinea	5,957	105	91	-	5,605	261	19
Benin	5,434	-	70	-	4,248	1,116	-
Central African Republic	5,004	-	63	-	4,920	21	2
Niger	4,740	-	172	-	4,250	318	3
Curaçao	4,708	-	22	-	4,624	62	1
Gambia	4,671	-	147	-	4,089	435	8
Gibraltar	4,236	1	92	-	4,122	22	4
Channel Islands	4,033	1	86	-	3,893	54	1
Chad	3,934	-	137	-	3,420	377	-
Sierra Leone	3,884	-	79	-	2,612	1,193	-
San Marino	3,671	47	73	-	3,224	374	8
Comoros	3,552	-	144	-	3,203	205	-
Guinea-Bissau	3,215	-	48	-	2,587	580	7
Saint Lucia	3,149	-	34	-	2,879	236	1
Barbados	2,949	-	32	-	2,171	746	-
Mongolia	2,831	30	2	-	2,150	679	7
Eritrea	2,826	-	7	-	2,225	594	-
Seychelles	2,592	30	11	-	2,263	318	-
Liechtenstein	2,564	6	54	-	2,484	26	3
Vietnam	2,426	6	35	-	1,839	552	-
New Zealand	2,371	3	26	-	2,278	67	-
Yemen	2,255	-	625	-	1,434	196	23
Burundi	2,106	-	3	-	773	1,330	-
Turks and Caicos Islands	2,088	18	14	-	1,847	227	13
Sint Maarten	2,051	-	27	-	1,988	36	2
Liberia	2,009	-	85	-	1,884	40	2
Monaco	1,932	-	23	-	1,690	219	11
Sao Tome and Principe	1,745	26	28	1	1,336	381	-
Saint Martin	1,544	-	12	-	1,399	133	7
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1,519	-	6	-	848	665	2
Papua New Guinea	1,228	-	12	-	846	370	-
Taiwan	951	-	9	-	906	36	-
Bhutan	867	-	1	-	862	4	-
Cambodia	741	44	-	-	477	264	-
Diamond Princess	712	-	13	-	699	-	-
Bermuda	705	-	12	-	682	11	3
Antigua and Barbuda	701	-	14	-	271	416	40
Faroe Islands	658	-	1	-	657	-	-
Mauritius	610	-	10	-	571	29	-
St. Barth	573	-	1	-	462	110	-
Tanzania	509	-	21	-	183	305	7
Isle of Man	475	-	25	-	410	40	-
Cayman Islands	438	-	2	-	405	31	-
Caribbean Netherlands	429	-	4	-	402	23	-
Brunei	185	-	3	-	178	4	-
Grenada	148	-	1	-	147	-	-
Dominica	142	-	-	-	127	15	-
British Virgin Islands	114	-	1	-	95	18	-
Timor-Leste	110	-	-	-	89	21	-
New Caledonia	58	1	-	-	55	3	-
Fiji	57	-	2	-	54	1	-
Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	54	-	-	-	46	8	-
Macao	48	-	-	-	47	1	-
Lao People's Democratic Republic	45	-	-	-	42	3	-
Saint Kitts and Nevis	41	-	-	-	40	1	-
Greenland	30	-	-	-	30	-	-
Holy See (Vatican City State)	27	-	-	-	15	12	-
Saint Pierre Miquelon	24	-	-	-	16	8	-
Montserrat	20	-	1	-	13	6	-
Anguilla	18	-	-	-	18	-	-
Solomon Islands	18	-	-	-	14	4	-
Western Sahara	10	-	1	-	8	1	-
MS Zaandam	9	-	2	-	7	-	-
Wallis and Futuna	9	-	-	-	7	2	-
Marshall Islands	4	-	-	-	4	-	-
Samoa	3	-	-	-	2	1	-
Micronesia	1	-	-	-	1	-	-
Vanuatu	1	-	-	-	1	-	-
Country	Total Cases	New Cases	Total Deaths	New Deaths	Recovered	Active Cases	Critical Cases