At least 20 major firms incurred N2.1 trillion in finance costs in 2025 as high borrowing rates continued to pressure corporate earnings.
Statistically, the Dow Jones Industrial Average, S&P 500, and Nasdaq Composite have outperformed with Donald Trump in the ...
At the beginning of 2026, QNB s baseline macroeconomic view for the United States remained broadly constructive. According to QNB ...

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The US Federal Reserve’s decision to hold interest rates steady is less a mark of confidence than an admission of constraint.
The global economy’s first collective health check since war broke out in the Middle East will arrive in the form of business surveys from the US to the eurozone.
The subsequent spike in energy prices, sparked by disruptions to regional shipping and production, and the consequent threat to global consumer prices, has prompted a spectrum of central-bank ...
President Lee Jae Myung on Sunday tapped Shin Hyun-song, currently economic adviser and head of the Monetary and Economic ...
From a macro perspective, the oil shock is another form of monetary tightening. This is why the recent repricing in interest ...
Gold’s Comeback Belongs to the Nervous, Not the Patient Gold has rarely looked more attractive than it does today. Prices have ripped higher since early 2024, briefly punching through the 5,500‑dollar ...
QNB said Saturday that it expects the US Federal Reserve to continue gradually easing its monetary policy and to implement tw ...
When the RBA decides to put rates up, it isn't choosing between inflicting pain or not. It's trying to judge how much pain is ...