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Post by ajanaku on Oct 12, 2017 19:27:38 GMT
It's no longer news that President Buhari has sought the approval of the senate for a $5.5 billion loan. My questions go thus: Why do we have to borrow $5.5 billion dollars when we have about $33 billion dollars in our foreign reserves?
Considering IMF's stern warning that our debt profile is on the rise, can't the government, through the CBN, make a withdrawal from the foreign reserves (which has risen to its highest in about 3 years) to fund capital and infrastructural projects?Abeg, economists and financial analysts in the house, ko ye mi o ... Educate a brother, please. Thanks! Shymmex , Interloper , iyalode , Moffy , OmoOba , Iya Niyen! , Omoluabi , dansoye1 , Belmot , osoronga , Omo Oba of the Source , Her Highness , IrekeOnibudo , ioannes , laudate , oduabachanal , stblack , zaynie , ilaje2015 , omohayek , AgbongboAkala , Ogbeni Ogunnaike , aparo , black , colonial pikin , skylar , cocoafarmer , missy89 , ibk , Merchantt , lontoro , isalegangan , yorumigrant , ajanaku , sholeybanty , ayodejilara , oloyesaso , sakur , ritchiee , mignone , honeychild , Short_Biscuit , amorere , donphilosophy , governor , irewande , isholapecham , ola , olugbenga86 , taiwo , loadofs , ijeshaboy , tomtoxic , imodoye , camronaija , ayekooto , dehinde , fado , scully95 , tunde , ayo , omoba , tallwolleh , mankind , anago , egbaknight , oduastates , atandaniyi , ayxmania , omoolowokanbati , sapiodunamis , blaqcoffee109 , fluteman , olukumi , sesinu , araabeokuta , qreem231 ,
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Post by IrekeOnibudo on Oct 13, 2017 19:25:17 GMT
It's no longer news that President Buhari has sought the approval of the senate for a $5.5 billion loan. My questions go thus: Why do we have to borrow $5.5 billion dollars when we have about $33 billion dollars in our foreign reserves?
Considering IMF's stern warning that our debt profile is on the rise, can't the government, through the CBN, make a withdrawal from the foreign reserves (which has risen to its highest in about 3 years) to fund capital and infrastructural projects?Abeg, economists and financial analysts in the house, ko ye mi o ... Educate a brother, please. Thanks! Shymmex , Interloper , iyalode , Moffy , OmoOba , Iya Niyen! , Omoluabi , dansoye1 , Belmot , osoronga , Omo Oba of the Source , Her Highness , IrekeOnibudo , ioannes , laudate , oduabachanal , stblack , zaynie , ilaje2015 , omohayek , AgbongboAkala , Ogbeni Ogunnaike , aparo , black , colonial pikin , skylar , cocoafarmer , missy89 , ibk , Merchantt , lontoro , isalegangan , yorumigrant , ajanaku , sholeybanty , ayodejilara , oloyesaso , sakur , ritchiee , mignone , honeychild , Short_Biscuit , amorere , donphilosophy , governor , irewande , isholapecham , ola , olugbenga86 , taiwo , loadofs , ijeshaboy , tomtoxic , imodoye , camronaija , ayekooto , dehinde , fado , scully95 , tunde , ayo , omoba , tallwolleh , mankind , anago , egbaknight , oduastates , atandaniyi , ayxmania , omoolowokanbati , sapiodunamis , blaqcoffee109 , fluteman , olukumi , sesinu , araabeokuta , qreem231 , I am not an economist by any stretch, so I am going to rely on the explanation provided below "... Reserve Adequacy
31. Reserves are held for a variety of reasons. Chief among these are maintaining liquidity and allowing time to absorb shocks in situations where access to borrowing is curtailed or very costly. In addition, reserves provide confidence in the authorities’ commitment to the timely discharge of external obligations and to supporting the value of the domestic currency.
32. The recent financial crises have made clear the very high costs that countries bear when they run short of liquidity, and the question of what is an adequate level of reserves has acquired new prominence. There are two separate issues here. The first is whether indicators of reserve adequacy can be formulated that would be a useful predictor of the incidence and severity of crises. The second is whether a rule or benchmark level for such an indicator can be defined, which countries (or at least some set of countries) could use as a policy guide in this area.
33. Following a discussion of the definition of reserve assets (gross and net) to be used for indicators, this chapter discusses three types of indicators of reserve adequacy: ratios of reserves to imports, to monetary aggregates, and to measures of external debt. It then examines whether a benchmark can be established for the reserves to short-term debt ratio10 and how stress testing can be used to complement an analysis based on indicators. It concludes by reviewing the impact of derivative liabilities of the monetary authorities." (Source: www.imf.org/external/np/pdr/debtres)P.S - It will be interesting to read any additional input omohayek can provide.
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