Tag: CBN
Markets Wrap: Overnight lending rate spikes by 58bps to 5.8%, Treasury...
Naira stays flat at N400.00/$ at the I&E window
THUR 11 FEB, 2021-theGBJournal- The overnight lending rate increased by 58bps to 5.8%, following outflows for...
How Nigeria, other African countries can forge an inclusive economic recovery
By Tolu Oyekan
WED 10 FEB, 2021-theGBJournal- As of this writing, the spread of COVID-19 in many African countries has been more contained, and the...
MARKETS WRAP: Treasury bonds average yield expands 32bps to 8.2%, naira...
MON 08 FEB, 2021-theGBJournal- Nigerian equities opened the week in red, as a sell-down in GUARANTY (-8.8%) extended last week’s bearish trading for the...
Securities and Exchange Commission’s view on Cryptocurrencies rubbishes CBN’s position
By Charles Ike-Okoh
MON 08 FEB, 2021-theGBJournal- This is a clear case of two government regulatory agencies working at cross purpose.
While The Central Bank of...
CBN’s ban on crypto currencies
By Ehi Braimah
SUN 07 FEB, 2021-theGBJournal- Recently, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) issued a directive to Deposit Money Banks (DMBs), non-bank financial institutions...
Money market squeezed by funding pressures as overnight rate expands by...
SAT 06 FEB, 2021-theGBJournal- The overnight (OVN) rate expanded by 700bps w/w to 18.0% as system liquidity (weekly average c. NGN224.52 billion) was squeezed...
Nigeria’s ICRC banks N2.4 billion revenue from Public Private Partnerships in...
By Audrey Lotechukwu
FRI 05 FEB, 2021-theGBJournal- Nigeria’s Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC) has within a few months of its operation, banked N2,400,689,340.00 with the...
MARKETS BRIEF: Treasury bonds average yield expands by 97bps to 8.1%,...
SAT 30 JAN, 2021-theGBJournal- Activities in the Treasury bonds secondary market were bearish, as investors traded cautiously in keen expectation of the MPC’s decision...
FX WATCH: FX reserves falls by US$113.39 million w/w to US$36.40...
SAT 30 JAN, 2021-theGBJournal- Nigeria’s FX reserves recorded its first weekly decline of the year, as it dipped by USD113.39 million w/w to USD36.40...
Bears feast on treasury bonds as average yield expanded by 6bps...
THUR 28 JAN, 2021-theGBJournal- The Treasury bonds secondary market maintained its bearish stance, as average yield expanded by 6bps to 7.4%. Across the curve,...