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CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the Study Globalization or one global village which brought along with it the concept of “free-trade”, has greatly affected Nigeria economic growth over the years. Nigeria, which is the most populous nation on the African continent, is highly endowed with a lot of human and natural resources, which if adequately harnessed, can turn around not only its economy but the entire economy of Africa. ...

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the Study The role of financial intermediation has been exemplified in numerous literatures of finance. Besides the performance of specialized tasks, several theoretical models posit that they mitigate the costs associated with information acquisition and the conduct of financial transactions (Benston and Smith, Jr; 1975). In addition to these, several studies have revealed that financial intermediation does more than cost mitigation. It makes provision ...

CHAPTER ONE  INTRODUCTION 1.1:  Background of Study The present economic recession being experienced in the country today was first experienced in 1974 (Professor Ango Abdullahi, 2016). He stressed that Nigeria was far behind many countries, not only among the developed nations, but even among the African countries. Nigeria began to experience abject poverty since the vision of the founding fathers was neglected by their successors. “Nigeria is one of the poorest ...

Abstract It is pertinent to say that the objective of this study is on the effect of recession on the price of consumable goods. Pricing and its increasing or decreasing is currently confronted not only by, the state of the economy, but also by importation, exportation and internet trade expansion. Information flow through internet networks presents opportunities of cutting costs, speed up production or supply of goods and services. At ...

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1   BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY Every company operates within the internal and external environments of business.  The internal environments are within a firm such that the prevailing factors are most times very subject to the control of the managers.  The external environment has to do with the larger business environments in which a firm operates; and the factors therein are not subject to the control of the ...

ABSTRACT One of the simplest definitions of tax I have come across is one offered by the New Webster Dictionary of the English Language. It describes ‘tax’ simply as a charge imposed by governmental authority upon property, individuals or transactions to raise money for public purposes. Tax is a compulsory extraction of money by a public authority for public purposes and Taxation is a system of raising money for the ...

ABSTRACT This study examines the impact of monetary policy on Nigerian economy using annual data from the period 1970-2009. The empirical findings starts by checking the stationary level of variables using the Augmented Dukey-Fuller test. Also the stationary test was followed by the co-integration test to test for long run relationship among the variables, which was followed by testing the short run relationship among variables using the Vector Autoregressive model.           From ...

ABSTRACT This study examines the determinant of savings in Nigeria, which will enable us to proffer solution for the improvement of savings in the economy, since it is an important component of the economic development of any country.  On the bases of available data, the study is of the view that savings output in Nigeria during the period was generally unsatisfactory and discovered that real GDP per-capital has the highest ...

ABSTRACT This study investigates the core leading factors that reduces saving in Nigeria between 1980-2009, using ordinary least square(OLS) econometric framework, which will enable us proffer solution for the improvement of savings in the economy, which is also an important component for economic development in any country. Base on data collected, it is discovered that savings output in Nigeria during the period was unsatisfactory but was later discovered as a ...

ABSTRACT This work/study investigated the relative impact of monetary and fiscal policies on industrial output in Nigeria for the period 1979 – 2008. An exposition of monetary and fiscal policies in Nigeria for the period under study (1979 – 2008) showed that monetary policies as against fiscal policies have been more pronounced in the economy due to the fact that these class of policies. The simple linear multiple regression analysis was adopted ...

ABSTRACT This study, was carried out to ascertain the effect of exchange rate variation on balance of payment in Nigeria from (1979 – 2008) exchange rate and interest rate used as a proxy for the balance of payment in Nigeria. Policy makers and some researcher s argued on exchange rate variations having a significant factor. Some have found negative, positive, significant and insignificant result on the impact of exchange rate ...

ABSTRACT An active and functioning Labour market is important for economic stability and development. Hence, the importance of a stable labour market cannot be overemphasized. The Nigerian labour market has been experiencing a lot of crisis over the years, giving rise to distortions in economic activity. This study tries to investigate the impact of labour market crisis in developing economies using Nigeria as a case study covering a period twenty ...

ABSTRACT Interest rate variation has actually posed a big threat to the trend of direct investment in all world economy. In the light of this, this study used OLS model, to study the relationship or impact of interest rate variation on investment in Nigeria from 1980 to 2008. The study employed a linear regression methodology. In this study, numerous theoretical and empirical literatures were reviewed. Most importantly, the findings of ...

ABSTRACT This study examined the relationship between foreign private investment and economic growth in Nigeria over the period of 1980 – 2009. In doing so, we investigate the impact of foreign private investment on economic growth in Nigeria, as well as the causal relationship between them. We used an ordinary Least Square Regression (OLS), based on objective one, we found that foreign private investment causes economic growth in Nigeria, and economics growth does ...

ABSTRACT This research work explores the determinants of capacity utilization in the Nigerian manufacturing sector within the periods of 1980 to 2009. The data used for this study were obtained through various sources like the CBN statistical bulletin for the year ended 2008 and 2009, and also from the statement of accounts and annual report published by the Central Bank of Nigeria. The variable used are Average manufacturing capacity utilization rate ...

ABSTRACT One may not be wrong to say that banks play a very crucial role in the development of any economy, and the distress or failure of these banks could result to underdevelopment. No bank in any nation is too big or too small to fail, but the only way these banks especially Nigerian banks can be insulated from distress or failure is by proper management by both internal and ...

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION Every economy seeks to appropriate industrial base to move the economy from a traditional and low level of production to a more automated and efficient system of mass processing and the manufacturing of goods and services. For this level of development to be attained, there must be a sound financial system which would serve as the back bone of such an economy. If this is pursued, acquiring ...

ABSTRACT This study examines Bank Distress and its effect on the economic growth of Nigeria economy for the period of 1980 to 2009. Using the Classical Linear Regression Model the ordinary Least Square Method (OLS) of analysis was adopted for the analysis of the work. The result shows that the distress in the banking sector has a significant effect on the growth of GDP in Nigeria. We recommend among others that the government ...

ABSTRACT Inflation is one of the macroeconomic problems facing many developing countries today and Nigeria is not exempted. Inspite of the use of monetary and fiscal policy measure. For controlling inflation in Nigeria, inflation still remain a serious and contentious problem in Nigeria. The major purpose of the study is to highlight the determinants of inflation in Nigeria and to check the trend of inflation overtime and the measures to ...

ABSTRACT This research work is centered on the effects of exchange rate instability on investment in Nigeria. With special emphasis on the purchasing power of average Nigerian and the level of international trade transaction. Without exchange rate, the exchange of goods and services among trading partners will be focused with a lot of problems, which may virtually narrow it down to trade by barter. This exchange also is used to ...