Inflation: CBN Raises Interest Rate To 14%

The Monetary Policy Committee of Nigeria’s apex bank, the Central Bank of Nigeria on Tuesday raised the Monetary Policy Rate (MPR) to 14%.
The chairman of the Committee and Governor of CBN, Godwin Emefiele, disclosed this during a post-MPC briefing in Lagos.
The interest rate, which was earlier pegged at 11.5% for over two years, was raised to 13% in May to tackle rising inflation, according to Emefiele.
The committee retained the asymmetric corridor at +100/–700 basis points around the MPR, retained the Credit Reserve Ratio (CRR) at 27.5% as well as liquidity ration at 30%
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