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Naira on a free fall as it crashes to nearly 500/Dollar in open market

The Nigerian naira fell close to 500 against the dollar on the unapproved open retail market due to dollar shortages on Friday as retail currency operators set their quotes for dollar purchases at 399 for next week, traders said. Bureau de change operators said the central bank had approved 399 naira for retail trades this …

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FDC Predicts further depreciation of the Naira

Under the current market regulatory framework, the naira is bound to remain under pressure and unstable until the market is allowed to operate freely and efficiently. This was disclosed by a group of analysts at Financial Derivatives Company (FDC) Limited in their outlook for the naira in 2017. According to Bismarck Rewane, FDC’s Chief Executive …

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Inflation rate may hit 20% in first quarter —Experts

Economic and financial experts have said that the country’s inflation rate may rise further to 20 per cent during the first quarter of this year from the current 18.4 per cent. They, however, said the inflation rate was expected to reduce significantly as the fiscal and monetary authorities would begin to implement certain policies to …

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Nigeria interbank lending rate eases on budget cash injections

Nigeria’s overnight lending rate fell this week to around 3 percent on Friday from an average of 3.9 percent a week ago on expectations that budget cash will be injected into the banking system on Friday or Monday, traders said. Nigeria, an OPEC member and Africa’s biggest economy, relies on crude oil sales for two-thirds …

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Nigeria’s overnight lending rate falls sharply on naira injection

Following an injection of naira liquidity into the banking system, Nigeria’s overnight lending rate dropped sharply to an average of 3.9 percent on Friday from 10 percent a week ago. A total of 454 billion naira ($1.49 billion) in debt refund to state governments and matured treasury bills entered the system this week, raising liquidity …

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FG plans lower tax rate for MSMEs

THE Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun, last week said that the federal government will propose reduction in the income tax rate applicable to the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, MSMEs, as an incentive to encourage compliance and promote the sector. The minister said this in Lagos, at a Coalition of MSMEs stakeholder Public Private Dialogue, …

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Nigerian overnight lending rate climbs on tight liquidity

Nov 11 Nigeria’s overnight lending rate rose to 22 percent on Friday from 13 percent last week due to tight liquidity worsened by banks inability to get access to their balances with the regulator, traders said. Traders said lenders were demanding as high as 25 percent to place funds on the market overnight and that …

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