Tag: Monetary Policy Rate

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 […]

With $24.547m, Zenith Records Highest Forex Allocation from CBN

By Obinna Chima For the second time since banks started publishing their returns on foreign exchange (forex) utilisation purchased from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Zenith Bank Plc got the highest allocation garnering a total of $24,547,235.36 million. Zenith Bank was in fourth place in last week’s review of […]

CBN Retains 11% Interest, FOREX Rate Unchanged

Click here to download CBN Communiqué No. 105 of the MPC Meeting of Monday and Tuesday, January 2 5 and 26, 2016 By Yakubu LAAH InvestAdvocate Lagos (INVESTADVOCATE)-The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) at the end of Tuesday’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting retained Nigeria’s benchmark interest rate at 11 […]