CBN Faces Rate-Cut Dilemma as Inflation Cools, Oil Shock Builds

MPC Likely To Reduce Lending Rate By 50 Basis Points – Uwaleke

MPC likely to reduce lending rate by 50 basis points – Uwaleke  By Kadiri Abdulrahman A financial expert, Prof. Uche Uwaleke, says the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is likely to reduce the Monetary Policy Rate (MPR) in its next meeting. Uwaleke, who is the Director, Institute of Capital Market Studies, is also the President of News Agency of Nigeria

CBN faces rate-cut dilemma as inflation cools, oil shock builds

  Access Bank analysts expect the MPC to hold the MPR at 26.50% as policymakers weigh falling inflation against renewed external risks The Central Bank of Nigeria enters this week’s Monetary Policy Committee meeting with an increasingly unusual policy problem: the economy is improving, but the case for easing monetary conditions is not yet clear-cut. […]

Nigeria’s 26.5% Rate Trap as CBN Is Caught Between Inflation & &

By Blaise Udunze The Central Bank of Nigeria heads into its 307th Monetary Policy Committee meeting this week facing an economic contradiction that makes the rate decision far more difficult than simply asking whether inflation has fallen enough to justify a cut. The MPC meets on September 21 and 22 with the Monetary Policy Rate […]

CBN Faces Rate-Cut Decision As Inflation Falls To 15.39%, Reserves Top $54bn

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) will confront one of its most consequential interest-rate decisions of the year this week as slowing inflation, stronger foreign reserves and relative stability in the naira strengthen the argument for another reduction in borrowing costs. The Monetary Policy Committee begins its two-day meeting on Monday, September 21, with the […]

MPC faces rate-cut dilemma as inflation falls, global risks rise

The Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) faces a difficult choice when it meets on September 21 and 22, as falling inflation has strengthened the case for a cut in interest rates

Nigeria’s 26.5% rate trap as CBN is caught between inflation & economy crying for credit

By Blaise Udunze The Central Bank of Nigeria heads into its 307th Monetary Policy Committee meeting this week facing an economic contradiction that makes the rate decision far more difficult than simply asking whether inflation has fallen enough to justify a cut. The MPC meets on September 21 and 22 with the Monetary Policy Rate […]