Here’s your Forex & Global Economics daily digest 📊. Stay ahead of FX markets, macro trends, and African economic news.
- 🇳🇬 Commercial and merchant banks’ loans drop to N52.656trn, lowest in 14 months – Nairametrics
- 🇳🇬 Naira weakens to N1,420.5/$ at official market as dollar slides in Asia – Nairametrics
- 🇳🇬 Summit bank meets CBN capital requirement ahead of March 2026 deadline
- 🇳🇬 Alert Group assets rise to N63bn, plans N130bn loan disbursement in 2026
- Indonesia pledges central bank independence as rupiah hits record low – Reuters
- Dollar lower as investors reignite ‘Sell America’ trade – Reuters
- Why Bulgaria joined the Eurozone – Financial Times
- Novogratz’s Galaxy to launch $100mn crypto hedge fund – Financial Times
- China Keeps Fix Weaker Than 7 Despite Dollar Decline, Yuan Rally – Bloomberg.com
- KRW/USD: South Korea President Lee Says Won Is Holding Up, Could Hit 1,400 – Bloomberg.com
- Denmark braces for Donald Trump’s Greenland tariffs
- Donald Trump’s Greenland tariffs are no great blow to Europe
- ‘Frontier Market’ Economies Haven’t Lived Up to Potential Since 2010 – World Bank
- Contract Awards in Investment Project Financing – Somalia Proj… – World Bank
- 2026 IMF MENA Research Conference – International Monetary Fund | IMF
- IMF Business Hours, Holidays, and Emergency Closures – International Monetary Fund | IMF
- The African Development Bank launches AUD 1 billion 4.6% 5-Year Kangaroo Social Bond due January 2031 – African Development Bank Group
- EOI – Individual Consultant_Development of Climate change and Green Growth 4th Action Plan – PECG – African Development Bank Group
- Silver Price Forecast: XAG/USD wobbles near all-time highs around $96 ahead of Trump’s speech
- Gold bulls retain control; fresh all-time high and counting amid flight to safety
- FX option expiries for 21 January 10am New York cut
- Japanese bond yields come off the boil for the time being
- 🇳🇬 FG inaugurates committee on textbook reforms, sets 3-year minimum usage – Nairametrics
- 🇳🇬 ATM withdrawals surge to ₦36.3tn despite higher charges, CBN data show
- Explainer: Why has the Indonesian rupiah hit a record low despite dollar weakness? – Reuters
- The Ecuadorean socialists trying to rescue Venezuela’s economy – Financial Times
- Korea to Delay $20 Billion US Investment on Currency Pressure – Bloomberg.com
- Donald Trump’s crusade against usury reaches Wall Street
- Indicator | Population density (people per sq. km of land area) – World Bank Open Data
- EOI – Assistance in the operational risk management function of the African Development Bank – PGRF – African Development Bank Group
That’s a wrap on forex and economics today 🌍. Which currency pair or macro trend are you watching?
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