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2023 campaigns will increase foreign portfolio outflows – Expert

Outflows

The Matters Press by The Matters Press
January 27, 2022
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The Managing Director, Morgan Capital Securities Ltd., Mr Rotimi Olubi, has said that electioneering for 2023 general elections will further increase foreign portfolio outflows.

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Olubi said this at a forum organised by the Capital Market Correspondents Association of Nigeria (CAMCAN) on Wednesday in Lagos.

Olubi, who is also an economic analyst, said that the electioneering activities would also cause Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPIs) to remain on the sidelines.

He listed other factors expected to cause further outflow to include rate hikes and capital controls by the monetary authorities.

He spoke on the theme: “A review of 2021 Market Performance and Factors that will shape it in 2022.”

Olubi added that the foreign exchange (FX) would likely come under strong pressure, saying that interest rate hikes in advanced economies would result in portfolio outflows from emerging markets.

He noted that domestic investors would be the key players responsible for the movement of the market and liquidity.

“Electioneering, rate hikes, and capital controls by the monetary authorities are expected to cause further foreign portfolio outflows and cause FPIs to remain on the sidelines.

“Even as the economy continues its recovery, corporate earnings of companies in the consumer goods and industrial goods sector are expected to be impacted by high input costs caused by high inflation and higher cost of capital due to interest rate hikes.

“Interest income of financial services institutions such as banks is expected to rise in Nigeria if interest rates rise as expected. This is because the U.S could decide to raise interest rates.

“Companies in the oil and gas sector are expected to have a solid year driven by strong oil prices, increasing global oil demand and OPEC+ cuts,” Olubi said.

He said that with relatively low infection rates and fatalities from the pandemic, the likelihood of an economic shutdown was non-existent.

“The Gross Domestic Product growth is expected to grow by 3.86 per cent in 2022 supported by further improvements in agriculture, manufacturing, services and the oil sector and increased government spending in areas such as advertising, printing, media, among other campaign related sectors.

“Major downside risk to this outlook is the security situation in several parts of the country, capital controls in the FX market and any unexpected severe mutation in COVID-19,” Olubi said.

According to him, being an election year, government spending is expected to be at its highest complemented by improved oil revenues.

He added that this would lead to wider fiscal deficit and further increase in an already elevated debt-servicing cost.

On the removal of oil subsidy, Olubi said the suspension would dampen the impact of high oil prices in the global markets to the Federal Government’s purse.

“The Federal Government will need to focus on making reducing the leakeages associated with the current subsidy/under recovery regime,” he said.

Olubi said that inflation was expected to rise further following a direction reversal in December 2021 where inflation rose after an eight month downward trend.

“Although the MPC retained all parameters, they could still be forced to raise interest rate to combat inflation and reduce the negative real interest rate and that is if the U.S. decides to raise their interest rate.

“Accordingly, the MPC could be forced to raise Interest rates to combat inflation and reduce the already negative real interest rate,” he added.

Speaking on the 2021 performance of the Nigerian economy as well as its markets, Olubi, noted that the country witnessed its largest quarterly growth of 5.01 per cent in over six years in the fourth quarter of 2021 due to positive performance recorded in the non-oil, agric and services sectors.

He noted that foreign investors remained on the sidelines as domestic investors, which stood at 77 per cent, dominated the Nigerian capital market.

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