Economy JUST IN: CBN Raises MPR to 16.5% to Tame Inflation November 22, 2022 Aduragbemi Omiyale By Aduragbemi Omiyale The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Tuesday announced a further hike in the monetary policy rate (MPR) by 100 basis Read More
Economy As MPC Meeting Begins Today, IMF Tells CBN to Raise Rate November 21, 2022 Adedapo Adesanya By Adedapo Adesanya The International Monetary Fund (IMF), via its mission to Nigeria, has called on the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to increase Read More
Economy CBN Raises Interest Rate to 15.5%, CRR to 32.5% September 27, 2022 Dipo Olowookere By Dipo Olowookere The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has increased the Monetary Policy Rate (MPR) by 1.5 per cent to 15.5 per cent Read More
Economy CBN Increases Interest Rate to 14% to Curb Inflation July 19, 2022 Aduragbemi Omiyale By Aduragbemi Omiyale The benchmark interest rate, the Monetary Policy Rate (MPR), has again been increased by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to Read More
Economy CBN Strikes Against Inflation Menace May 26, 2022 Business Post Contributor By Lukman Otunuga In a move that caught investors completely off guard on Tuesday, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) raised its benchmark interest Read More
Banking Wema Bank ALAT Limits FX Cash Withdrawal, Raises Savings Band August 26, 2021 Business Post Contributor By Sodeinde Temidayo David Nigeria’s first fully digital bank, ALAT by Wema Bank Plc, has announced that customers can now open foreign exchange (FX) Read More
Economy CBN: MPC Members Vote to Hold Interest Rate at 11.5% March 23, 2021 Dipo Olowookere By Dipo Olowookere The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr Godwin Emefiele, on Tuesday announced that the benchmark interest rate has Read More
Banking CBN Chops Interest Rate on Savings Deposit to 1.25% September 1, 2020 Dipo Olowookere By Dipo Olowookere The minimum interest rate to be paid by deposit money banks (DMBs) in Nigeria to their customers for deposits has been Read More
Economy Low Interest Rate Could Lead to Inflation—CBN June 30, 2018 Dipo Olowookere By Dipo Olowookere Though some have called for the lowering of the nation’s benchmark interest rate presently at 14 percent, others feel making such Read More
World Kenya Cuts Benchmark Interest Rate to 9.50% March 19, 2018 Modupe Gbadeyanka By Modupe Gbadeyanka The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) has announced the reduction of the nation’s benchmark interest rate by 50 basis points. This Read More