Nigeria: Post-Financing Assessment Discussions-Press Release; and Staff Report

International Monetary Fund

No 2024/049, IMF Staff Country Reports from International Monetary Fund

Abstract: This paper presents Nigeria’s post-financing assessment discussions. President Tinubu has moved ahead with important structural reforms: removing fuel subsidies and unifying the various official foreign exchange windows. Growth is projected at 2.9 percent for 2023, and 3 percent in 2024, as hydrocarbon performance revives, including from better control of theft. If the authorities succeed in developing and implementing a comprehensive reform agenda, the medium-term outlook would be much improved. The government’s focus on revenue mobilization and digitalization would improve public service delivery and safeguard fiscal sustainability. The IMF staff assesses that Nigeria’s capacity to repay the Fund is adequate under the baseline. The authorities’ policy intentions are well placed to address risks of a downside scenario where difficult trade-offs may arise between urgent humanitarian needs and debt service, including to the Fund. In such circumstances, aggressive monetary tightening and fiscal adjustment combined with support from development partners would be needed to restore macroeconomic stability.

Keywords: analytical balance balance sheet; inflation-depreciation spiral; government support; CBN team; CBN financing; CBN definition; Energy subsidies; Inflation; International reserves; Global (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 33
Date: 2024-02-09
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