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Economic Outlook in 2007
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Feedback from EO in 2007
December Session
Pictures From the Event
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Participants at the Economic
Outlook session of
December 7th,
2006 were from the following
organizations:
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Manufacturing
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Oil and Gas
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Telecommunications
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Government Agency
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Consulting
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Insurance/PFAs
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Banking and Finance
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ICON Stockbrokers
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Afrinvest West
Africa
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FBN Capital limited
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FSDH
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First Bank
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NEXIM Bank
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Diamond Bank
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Access Bank
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Issues
The deliberations, among other
issues, focused on:
1.
Financial Outlook
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Financial Prices: Inflation,
interest rates, exchange
rates and premium
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Financial Assets: Liquidity,
bonds, equity and net
foreign capital flows
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Imminent convergence of
lending and the Treasury
bill rates
2.
Real Sector Outlook
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Outlook of the weakening oil
price
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High growth opportunities in
the non-oil sectors
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As non-oil prices soar … new
opportunities in non-oil
sectors
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Spending Outlook
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Consumer Spending
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Investment opportunities
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Exports, investment, and
production are growing, not
consumer spending
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Budgetary Outlook
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Federal Government’s 2007
Budget proposals
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State Budgets
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Is US$40 per barrel
benchmark oil price optimal?
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