CPI And Its Component And Premium Motor Spirit
CPI and its Components (%)
Its all getting expensive
PMS, AGO and NHK Price (/Litre)
Rising domestic fuel price
CPI and its Component: Changes in inflation rate has mostly been driven by the Core sub-index component. Precisely, in 2016 Q1 and Q2, the rising cost of import, electricity and transport drove inflation back to double digits after nearly two years of relatively low inflation.
Premium Motor Spirit: PMS price has been below N120 up until April 2016. The unusual rise in PMS in April 2016 is attributable to the recent removal of fuel subsidy and the upward adjustment of fuel pump price (from N85.5 to N145) witnessed in 2016Q2.
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Capital Importation: Given the positive outlook on the ITC sector in the past few years, investments in the sector reached a 10-year peak in 2014. However, the foreign investment fell marginally in 2
Capital Importation: Since the dramatic decline in 2013, private and government sector investments in the sector have remained low in 2016.
Budgetary Allocation: Budgetary allocations to the transpo
Export and its Components: In 2015 and 2016Q1, overall export earnings declined significantly to a record low of less than $3000 million in 2016Q1, as against the peak of above $10,000 million in 2008
Appropriation Act (Budget): Capital expenditure remarkably increased in 2016 relative to preceding year, on the account of the present governments renewed commitment to infrastructure development.
