Tag: monetary policy

The CBN, at its last meeting, raised the MPR significantly by 200 basis points to 24.75 per cent from 22.75 ...

Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) How do we then nudge Nigerians away from the conviction that rising prices are the ...

Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Olayemi Cardoso. ...for now, it is worthwhile to commend President Bola Tinubu ...

Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) If we agree that transparency is increasingly of the essence, then the Central Bank must ...

...the supply and demand of the naira ought to be the primary concern of the Central Bank of Nigeria. Yet, ...

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. In office, though, the picture that is emerging is more of a muddle. Mr Tinubu’s inaugural ...

Naira recorded losses on the spot market to trade at N464.67 on Wednesday.

Since the administration began in 2015, the Nigerian Government has missed its revenue targets, amid high interest rates and runaway ...

The ultimate aim of monetary and fiscal policy is to establish a steady and favourable economic climate with consistent growth ...

Godwin Emefiele, governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). The CBN's assumption that Nigeria can quickly and easily transition to ...

Godwin Emefiele, governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). The current process fails, largely, because it presumes collective guilt, until ...

Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) So why does the CBN’s Monetary Policy Committee go through the motion of regularly tinkering ...

Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) The interventions of the Bank has helped us to float above total meltdowns and also ...

New Naira notes Why then do we continue to ignore policy errors, while blaming our people’s love for holding cash? ...

Nigeria has one of the largest informal economies in the world. The size of the country's informal economy is estimated ...

Godwin Emefiele, governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). Key questions are, “Why do Nigerians prefer cash?” “At what income ...

What to make of the party’s desire “for a stronger, more stable naira founded upon a vibrant and productive real ...

The IMF says there has been no improvement in the nation’s budget deficits because of large energy subsidies, but also ...

Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) ...the venality that we put forward as evidence of Nigerians’ difference is nothing more than ...

Alas, increasingly, domestic policy making has floated like the fabled lamp into the hands of would-be Aladdins. And these latter ...

"Outlook for the equities market is broadly dependent on three key things; Monetary Policy, Corporate Performance and Pre-election activities."

The bank says increasing the rate will hinder the recovery of the economy, while an expansionary policy might raise prices ...

The announcement comes ahead of Friday's meeting of the Central Bank of Nigeria's monetary policy committee which will decide on ...

...less attention should be placed on the foreign exchange market. We should see forex as a product, just like any ...

The benchmark lending rate stays at 11.5 per cent.