Nigeria’s naira declined after inflation accelerated and foreign investments into the country’s bond market eased, according to Standard Bank Group Ltd. The currency of Africa’s biggest oil producer retreated 0.1 percent to 158.85 per dollar by 12:32 p.m. in Lagos, the commercial capital, bringing its depreciation this year to 1.7 […]
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Inter-bank rates to drop further on excess liquidity
Financial market watchers have said that the inter-bank rates will drop further this week as a result of excess liquidity in the market. Analysts at FSDH, in a report made available to our correspondent, said, “We expect Open Market Operation maturity of about N249.70bn to hit the system in the […]
Inter-bank rates up on NNPC cash withdrawal
Inter-bank lending rates rose more than 80 basis points last week to an average of 11.41 per cent, compared with 10.58 per cent the previous week, as cash outflows to Treasury bill sales and a withdrawal by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation drained liquidity. Dealers said Central Bank of Nigeria […]
