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March 5, 2024 No Responses

Obaseki Faults CBN’s New Monetary Policy

The Governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki, has faulted the Central Bank of Nigeria for raising the Monetary Policy Rate by 22.75 per cent. Obaseki contended that the decision is not the answer to the ongoing economic challenges in the...

March 22, 2023 No Responses

Experts’ Caution Against Interest Rate Benchmark At 18%

A financial expert, Dr Tunde Adeoye, says increasing Monetary Policy Rate (MPR) from 17.5 per cent to 18 per cent by Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) can lead to a prolonged downturn in economic activities....

July 20, 2022 No Responses

CBN Increases Benchmark Interest Rate To 14%

The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Tuesday increased the Monetary Policy Rate (MPR) to 14 per cent from its initial 13 per cent. Reading a communiqué after the committee’s meeting in Lagos, Mr...

March 1, 2022 No Responses

CBN Releases Operating Guidelines For R200 Policy

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), has released guidelines for the operationalisation of its R200 policy. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that the apex bank recently initiated the R200 policy in an effort to reduce exposure to volatile...

March 24, 2021 No Responses

CBN Retains MPR At 11.5%

In the midst of confessed policy dilemma and other monetary considerations, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has retained the Monetary Policy Rate at 11.5 per cent. Presenting the communique from the MPC meeting on Tuesda...

January 27, 2021 No Responses

MPC: Experts Laud CBN’s Rates Retention

The Association of Capital Market Academics of Nigeria (ACMAN), on Tuesday said that rates retention by the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) was in line with market expectations. ACMAN President, Prof. Uche Uwaleke, disclosed this in an interview with the News....

December 31, 2020 No Responses

Experts Seek Friendly Monetary Policies To Sustain Stock Market Growth In 2021

As the nation’s bourse winds down for 2020 in green, capital market experts have called for an accommodative monetary policies to support economic growth. They said this in series of interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos,...

November 25, 2020 No Responses

CBN Retains MPR At 11.5 %

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Tuesday announced retention of the country’s Monetary Policy Committee Ratio (MPR) at 11.5 per cent. Mr Godwin Emefiele, the CBN governor made this known, while presenting a communique of the banks 133rd Monetary...

July 24, 2019 No Responses

CBN Retains Monetary Policy Rate At 13.5%

The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), has retained the Monetary Policy Rate (MPR) at 13.5 per cent. The CBN Governor, Mr Godwin Emefiele made this known while addressing newsmen on outcome of the MPC...