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CBN Raises Interest Rate to 26.75%
The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Monetary Policy Committee, MPC, on Tuesday raised the interest by 50 basis points to 26.75 per cent from 26.25 per cent in May 2024.
CBN governor, Olayemi Cardoso, announced this at a press briefing on Tuesday at the end of the two-day 296th MPC in Abuja.
According to him, the decision to further increase the interest rate is to tackle the country’s rising core inflation and food inflation which stood at 34.19 per cent and 40.87 per cent, respectively in June.
He said members of the MPC are not oblivious of the need to address the rising prices of food in Nigeria, necessitating the interest rate hike.
All other monetary parameters remained unchanged. That is the Cash Reserve Ratio, remains at 45 percent for commercial banks and 14 percent for merchant banks. Similarly, the Liquidity ratio remained at 30 percent and the Asymmetric corridor stood at +500/100.
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