Updates

Limited Sovereign Rating Support from Central Bank Bond Buying

May 22, 2020/Fitch Ratings Rapid increases in central bank purchases of government debt provide short-term support for sovereign ratings by reducing interest service burdens and rollover risks, but do not lower government debt stocks or improve most other sovereign credit fundamentals, Fitch Ratings says in a new report. With credit […]

Launch of publication on land reform

Rethinking land reform in Africa: new ideas, opportunities and challenges May 22, 2020/AfDB ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast, May 22, 2020/ — What: Launch of publication and policy platform on land reform Who: African Natural Resources Centre (ANRC) When: Tuesday 26 May 2020 at 10.00 am Where: Digital on www.afdb.org The African […]

CBN Reschedules May 2020 MPC Meeting to May 28, 2020

May 21, 2020/CBN This is to inform our stakeholders and the general public that the May 2020 meeting of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), earlier scheduled for Monday and Tuesday, May 25 and 26, 2020, respectively, will now hold on Thursday, May 28, […]