{"id":46861,"date":"2021-02-18T18:06:44","date_gmt":"2021-02-18T17:06:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/?p=46861"},"modified":"2021-02-18T18:06:44","modified_gmt":"2021-02-18T17:06:44","slug":"nigeria-exits-recession-records-0-11-growth-in-q4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/nigeria-exits-recession-records-0-11-growth-in-q4\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria Exits Recession, Records 0.11% Growth In Q4"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nigeria\u2019s Gross Domestic Product recorded a slight growth of 0.11 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2020, the latest figures from the National Bureau of Statistics revealed on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The NBS disclosed in its report on \u2018Nigeria\u2019s Gross Domestic Product for Q4 and full-year 2020\u2019 that the GDP contracted by 1.92 per cent in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Part of the report read, \u201cNigeria\u2019s Gross Domestic Product grew by 0.11 per cent (year-on-year) in real terms in the fourth quarter of 2020, representing the first positive quarterly growth in the last three quarters.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThough weak, the positive growth reflects the gradual return of economic activities following the easing of restricted movements and limited local and international commercial activities in the preceding quarters.<\/p><div data-ad-id=\"32665\" style=\"text-align:center; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px;float:none;\" class=\"afw afw_ad_image afw_ad afwadid-32665  \">\r\n                                                            <div style=\"font-size:10px;text-align:center;color:#cccccc;\">Advertisement<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.accessbankplc.com\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"auto\" max-width=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Banner-1.jpg\"><\/a>\r\n                                                                        \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p>\u2018\u201dAs a result, while the Q4 2020 growth rate was lower than growth rate recorded the previous year by 2.44 per cent points, it was higher by 3.74 per cent points compared to Q3 2020.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn a quarter on quarter basis, real GDP growth was 9.68 per cent indicating a second positive consecutive quarter on quarter real growth rate in 2020 after two negative quarters.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOverall, in 2020, the annual growth of real GDP was estimated at 1.92 per cent, a decline of 4.2 per cent points when compared to the 2.27 per cent recorded in 2019.\u201d<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nigeria\u2019s Gross Domestic Product recorded a slight growth of 0.11 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2020, the latest figures from the National Bureau of Statistics revealed on Thursday.<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":16516,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,17],"tags":[8218],"coauthors":[2391],"class_list":["post-46861","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-business","category-news","tag-nigeria-exits-recession"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.9 - 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