Post MPC Meeting Report May 2024- MPC Maintains Tightening

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) maintained its hawkish stance at its 295th Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting on May 20th-21st, 2024. The Monetary Policy Rate (MPR) was tightened further by 150bps to 26.25%. This decision is a strong signal of the apex bank’s commitment to curbing inflation and addressing FX pressures through contractionary monetary […]

Post MPC Meeting Report – Hawkish MPC Tightens the Asymmetric Corridor

  During the 292nd Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting conducted on the 24th and 25th of July 2023, the Monetary Policy Committee of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) maintained its hawkish streak, for the eighth (8th) consecutive time since May 2022. The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) decided to increase the Monetary Policy Rate (MPR) by 25bps to […]