CBN Cuts Interest Rate Before Year-End   The Monetary Policy Committee of the Central Bank of Nigeria is expected to cut the Monetary Policy Rate, also known as the benchmark interest rate, before the end of the year. FocusEconomics, in its latest report, FocusEconomics Consensus Forecast Sub-Saharan...

Inflation Rate Perceive Heading Towards Single-digit   Inflation rate in the country has been projected to drop further in April, thereby inching towards a single-digit rate. Analysts at FSDH Merchant Bank Limited stated this in a report. They anticipated that inflation rate (year-on-year) would drop to 12.43...

Inflation Threatens CBN’s Rate Cut Plan The Central Bank of Nigeria’s Monetary Policy Committee’s long-awaited interest rate-cutting cycle risks being short-lived, if it starts at all. The CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele, had said last month that the MPC might reduce its benchmark interest rate from the...

 January Inflation Rate stands at 15.13% The Consumer Price Index (CPI) which measures inflation started the year 2018 increasing by 15.13 percent (year-on-year) in January 2018. This was 0.24 percent points lower than the rate recorded in December (15.37 percent) making it the twelfth consecutive...