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The Nigeria Employers Consultative Association (NECA) has described the economic challenges facing the country as multi-faceted and called for a holistic and multi-pronged approach to solving them. The Managing Director of NECA, Wale Oyerinde, in a statement on Sunday in Lagos, said there was no better time for the Federal Government to review current economic policies and deepen its engagement with the organized private sector. ”The nation currently faces multiple challenges: an ominous combination of spiraling inflation; the increase in the cost of energy; shortage of foreign exchange (FOREX); the declining value of the naira and an almost comatose aviation…

BlackRock says global markets have become more volatile and will remain so for some time. The world’s largest asset manager says the era of steady growth and low inflation is over: “We think traditional portfolios, hedges and risk models will no longer work.” “The Great Moderation, a long period of steady growth and low inflation, is over in our view,” BlackRock Investment Institute said in an Aug. 1 report. “Investors are bound for a market roller coaster in a new regime of increased volatility.” According to BlackRock, three investment pitfalls that are likely to trouble investors in this volatile market,…

Share the market news today | Sensex, Nifty, Stock Prices LIVE: Indian equity markets are likely to open lower on Monday amid weak global cues. Earlier in the session, Nifty futures traded 0.37% lower at 17,358.50 on the Singapore bourse, indicating that Dalal Street was headed for a tepid start. Globally, markets showed weakness. Asian stocks fell along with U.S. stock futures on Monday as Treasury yields rose amid expectations of aggressive further interest rate hikes by the Federal Reserve to tackle high inflation . Stocks were mixed in Japan and lower in Australia and South Korea. S&P 500 and…

The Philadelphia Eagles’ 2022 training camp schedule continues tonight with the team’s first and only practice open to the public at Lincoln Financial Field. The players will bring their special Eagles Autism Foundation jerseys with bright green jersey numbers (see image of Jalen Hurts from last year above this article). Action on the field begins at 7:00 PM Eastern. Nick Sirianni will address reporters before practice at 6:40 p.m. (There will be no media availability after practice.) follow me (@BrandonGowton) on Twitter for live practice updates. I will cover the entirety of Eagles training camp. Don’t forget to like the…

If you hate global warming, you got a big win this weekend with the Inflation Reduction Act. But if you care about the stock market and inflation, then you’re missing out big time with the Spend Our Way to Oblivion Act, or SOWOA. In real life, I may be an environmentalist first. But in this other life that says I want to help people make money, this is really SOWOA, as my friend John Ellis, who runs the brilliant News Items newsletter, calls it. The bill is positively Orwellian. I’m a big fan of George Orwell and although he only…

East Buffalo homeowners — and would-be homeowners — will be the biggest beneficiaries of $50 million in state money announced by Gov. Kathy Hochul to help residents and address historic inequities after the May 14 massacre at Tops Markets store on Jefferson Avenue. The total includes $34.5 million earmarked specifically to help homeowners pay delinquent taxes and fees and make emergency or major repairs like replacing a roof, while providing grants of up to $30,000 to help residents who want to buy a house. “We’re investing in the people, the physical community, their ability to make sure they can make…