Nigeria : Staff Report for the 2001 Article IV Consultation.

Nigeria showed serious macroeconomic imbalances under the Stand-By Arrangement. Executive Directors observed that this had emerged as a result of the sharp increase in government spending, and expressed concern at the risks of a further acceleration of inflation and instability in the exchange marke...

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Corporate Author: International Monetary Fund
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2001.
Series:IMF Staff Country Reports; Country Report ; No. 2001/131
Online Access:Full text available on IMF
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