Tag: Liquidity Ratio

CBN Raises MPR to 12%, Says Risk Tilts towards Exchange Rate

By Peter OBIORA InvestAdvocate Lagos (INVESTADVOCATE)-The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Tuesday raised the Monetary Policy Rate (MPR) to 12 percent from 11 percent saying the balance of risk is tilted towards the exchange rate. Also, the MPC narrowed the asymmetric corridor […]

Nigeria’s Economic Report for Half Year 2012-CBN

Monetary targeting, in principle, remained the framework for monetary management during the first half of 2012. In reality, however, actual implementation of monetary policy adopted an eclectic approach, as attention was focused on both quantity and price variables to achieve the objective of monetary and price stability. In this regard, […]