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A closer look at the vulnerabilities in Nigerian banks

One consequence of the current crisis is that bad loans in Nigeria’s banking sector are likely to rise sharply. While the government would surely respond to problems at individual banks with capital injections (as it did in 2009), this would add to the country’s fiscal woes.

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