The CPI, which measures inflation, is 0.07 per cent points higher from the points recorded in November
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According to the 2017 tentative data release calendar posted on the bureau’s Website on Monday in Abuja, the NBS is expected to release 34 data in the first quarter
A report released by the NBS in Abuja on Thursday noted that increases were recorded in all Classification of Individual Consumption by Purpose, divisions that yield the Headline Index
The Statistician-General, Dr. Yemi Kale, announced this at the closing of the two-day National Consultative Committee on Statistics on Thursday in Abuja
Kale said: “When NBS trained a lot of statisticians in the MDAs and the states, you will see that after a month, they will be posted from their office
Dr Yemi Kale, the Statistician-General of NBS, said that the training was aimed at providing robust, realistic statistical information needed for setting benchmarks and monitoring of progress in the implementation of SDGs
This is according to the Nigerian Gross Domestic Product Report for Third Quarter of 2016 released by NBS on Monday in Abuja.
The report stated that the figure was lower by 0.18 per cent points from growth recorded in the preceding quarter
A report released by the NBS in Abuja on Wednesday stated that the CPI, which measured inflation, was 0.6 per cent points higher from the points recorded in June.
This negative financial growth rate is a testament to the predictions of the Federal Government and economists that the country was heading into recession
The rise in the headline consumer price index, which measures inflation, accelerated by 1.9 points from its April year-on-year level of 13.7 per cent, the NBS said in an emailed statement
According to the report, the CPI, which has measured inflation in April, recorded a relatively strong increase for the third consecutive month
“The value of trade at the end of the quarter was 7.8 per cent less than the value (₦4,359.5 billion, Revised) recorded in the preceding quarter
With a population of almost 180 million, according to data from the United Nations, an annual population growth rate of 2.8 per cent (2015) and an annual urban population growth rate of 4.7 per cent, we need to stop talking and start building
He said the monitoring of the Millennium Development Goals suffered due to lack of funding required getting the data, adding that the fund was not available until six years after the commencement of the MDGs
This was contained in the Nigerian Aviation Sector Summary Report for the second quarter of 2015, released by the National Bureau of Statistics on Friday in Abuja
This was contained in a statement issued in Abuja by the Statistician-General of the Federation, Dr. Yemi Kale.
The National Bureau of Statistics says Nigeria recorded 85 per cent employment in the first half of 2014.
The survey was based on all goods and services to determine the level of inflation over time in the economy.
The statistical survey report also contains the revised Consumer Price Index based on Nigeria’s Living Standard Survey of 2003/2004
Kale, in the statement, said: “The price increases seen in May were as a result of higher prices in groups that contribute to both the food and core sub-indices
Kale said the results of the job creation survey showed that the economy generated 221,054 jobs in the second quarter, 245,989 jobs in the third quarter and 265,702 jobs in the fourth quarter of 2013