Economic Associates, Proshare to Host Nigeria Country Watch Economic Outlook

The Economic Associates (EA) and Proshare Nigeria Limited have announced a one-day hybrid conference on Nigeria’s Economic Outlook, scheduled to hold on Thursday, April 16th, 2026,  at Lagos Continental Hotel.

The conference is part of the EA-Proshare Country Watch Service, a joint institutional research and intelligence initiative that provides macroeconomic analysis, forward guidance, and scenario modelling for professional investors, corporate executives, regulators, policymakers, and multilateral institutions with exposure to Nigeria.

A statement explained that the one-day hybrid event brings together Nigeria’s senior decision-makers to interrogate the 2026 Outlook across price stability, market liquidity, and output growth.

“Attendance is open to the public by prior reservation and is priced at N475,000 per person. Confirmed participants will receive conference materials ahead of the event. Reservations may be completed at www.econassociates.com.

“The conference programme is organised around three analytical sub-themes that form the core of the EA-Proshare Country Watch framework. Each sub-theme will be addressed with new empirical evidence, scenario modelling, and forward projections drawn from EA’ s Oxford Economics-calibrated econometric model and Proshare’s capital markets intelligence infrastructure.

“The first sub -theme, Price Stability, will examine the exchange rate trajectory and the outlook for further devaluation or convergence; consumer price inflation and the sustainability of the deceleration from the 34.6 percent peak of November 2024 to the 15.1 percent reading of January 2026; real interest rates and the implications of the current monetary policy rate environment for investment and credit growth; and the All Share Index trajectory as a measure of capital gains and investor confidence in the price stability narrative.

“The second sub -theme, Market Liquidity, will examine the composition and sustainability of the foreign reserve stock, now reported at over $50 billion gross and $34.8 billion net; money supply dynamics and the monetary transmission implications of the CBN’s tightening posture; bond market issuance and yield dynamics, including the spread between the CBN’s Open Market Operations rate and the DMO’s primary market stop rates; and equity issuance and market capitalisation trends, including the tripling of NGX equity market capitalisation from N40.9 trillion in 2023 to N126 trillion in early 2026.

“The third sub-theme, Output Growth, will examine nominal GDP performance in both naira and dollar terms, including the recovery of dollar GDP to $308 billion in 2025 and the distance remaining to the 2019 peak of $569 billion; real GDP growth rates by quarter and by sector; and the acceleration dynamics that will determine whether the 3.87 percent full -year 2025 growth rate represents a double structural recovery or a cyclical upturn vulnerable to external shocks.”