As we strive to push forward our agenda for monetary integration in the subregion therefore we should emphasize as well the centrality of ensuring full implementation of the ECOWAS Trade Liberalization Scheme and the liberalization of financial flows within the sub region. Today, we have among the items for discussion, a study on Capital and Financial Accounts Liberalization in ECOWAS.
The quarter-on-quarter GDP growth rate for the April-June quarter registered a considerably negative figure of minus 8.3 percent with wide-ranging economic activities  1  being constrained. However, that for the July-September quarter turned positive, to 5.3 percent, and Japan's economy has picked up from the bottom, although it has remained in a severe situation.