Money Market

CBN Sells $25m in New FX Window as Dealers Fail to Subscribe Fully to CBN’s $150m Offer

Culled—Proshare April 26, 2017/CBN The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Tuesday, April 25, 2017, commenced interventions in the new Investors’ & Exporters’ FX Window with the sale of $25million to customers through authorized dealers. This was disclosed by the Bank’s spokesman, Isaac Okorafor, who reiterated that the window was […]

Ample Scope to Boost Remittances

Culled—Proshare April 25, 2017/ FBNQuest Research In 2016 Nigeria was the sixth largest beneficiary of migrant remittances among developing countries. The total according to the World Bank declined by 2.4% to US$429bn, and Nigeria’s inflows by 7.3% to US$19bn. These inflows represented an estimated 4.6% of GDP, making Nigeria much […]