{"id":26476,"date":"2018-02-16T15:54:24","date_gmt":"2018-02-16T15:54:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fdcng.com\/?p=26476"},"modified":"2018-02-16T15:54:24","modified_gmt":"2018-02-16T15:54:24","slug":"fdc-economic-monthly-publication-february-15-2018-re-the-dark-side-of-hot-money","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fdcng.com\/fdc-economic-monthly-publication-february-15-2018-re-the-dark-side-of-hot-money\/","title":{"rendered":"FDC ECONOMIC MONTHLY PUBLICATION &#8211; FEBRUARY 15, 2018 (Re : The Dark Side of Hot Money)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column]<div class=\"gem-button-container gem-button-position-inline\"><a class=\"gem-button gem-button-size-small gem-button-style-flat gem-button-text-weight-normal\" style=\"border-radius: 3px;background-color: #ddbd89;color: #ffffff;\" onmouseleave=\"this.style.backgroundColor='#ddbd89';this.style.color='#ffffff';\" onmouseenter=\"this.style.backgroundColor='#ddccaa';this.style.color='#000000';\" href=\"http:\/\/fdcng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/FDC-Economic-Monthly-Update-February-15-2018.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">DOWNLOAD PDF<\/a><\/div> [\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Dear Subscriber,<\/p>\n<p>In Q3\u201917, foreign capital inflows into Nigeria increased by 148% to $4.15bn. This phenomenal increase is as a result of renewed investor confidence. A further breakdown shows that foreign portfolio investment (FPI) \u2013 <em>hot money<\/em>, accounted for 67% of inflows, while foreign direct investment (FDI) and others accounted for the rest.<\/p>\n<p>Since FPIs are considered to be highly volatile and politically sensitive, policy makers are usually wary in relying on them. Some nations have restricted the tenor of FPIs to a minimum stay of 3 years. In 2018, with the expectant increase in US interest rates, these investments could be subject to capital flow reversals. In the run-up to a general election, any outward investment flows could be debilitating.<\/p>\n<p>Thankfully, oil prices are now 17% higher than 2017\u2019s average. This means that if they hold at current levels, oil revenues may help mitigate the consequences of any form of capital flight.<\/p>\n<p>In this edition of the FDC Monthly publication, the FDC Think-Tank analyzes these issues and their implications on businesses and investment decisions.<\/p>\n<p>Enjoy your read.<\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Dear Subscriber, In Q3\u201917, foreign capital inflows into Nigeria increased by 148% to $4.15bn. This phenomenal increase is as a&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,21],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fdcng.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26476"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fdcng.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fdcng.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fdcng.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fdcng.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26476"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/fdcng.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26476\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26478,"href":"https:\/\/fdcng.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26476\/revisions\/26478"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fdcng.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26476"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fdcng.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26476"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fdcng.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26476"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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