… As CBN Injects $210m Into Interbank Market
As projected by the Governor of the Central Bank
of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Godwin Emefiele, at the Annual Bankers’ Dinner of
the Chartered Institute of Bankers in Lagos last November, the nation’s
external reserves have hit a new level of $40.4 billion. This is even as the Bank on Monday injected $210 million into the Interbank Foreign Exchange Market in the first round of trading for the year.
of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Godwin Emefiele, at the Annual Bankers’ Dinner of
the Chartered Institute of Bankers in Lagos last November, the nation’s
external reserves have hit a new level of $40.4 billion. This is even as the Bank on Monday injected $210 million into the Interbank Foreign Exchange Market in the first round of trading for the year.
Figures obtained from the CBN indicate that the external reserves reached the $40.4 billion mark on Friday, January 5, 2018, indicating an increase of about US$1 billion between December 2017 and January 2018.
Confirming the figure, the Acting Director in charge of Corporate
Communications at the CBN, Isaac Okorafor attributed the accretion to
the country’s reserves to the Bank’s strategy to effectively manage
foreign exchange demand by various sectors of the economy.
Communications at the CBN, Isaac Okorafor attributed the accretion to
the country’s reserves to the Bank’s strategy to effectively manage
foreign exchange demand by various sectors of the economy.
Citing the CBN policy restricting access to foreign exchange from the
Nigeria’s foreign exchange market by importers of some 41 items as the
major turning point, Okorafor said the policy had helped to stop the
hemorrhaging of the country’s external reserves, which hitherto
witnessed heavy depletion due to huge import bills and other debt
obligations. According to him, the CBN policy had ensured a decline in
Nigeria’s import bills from over $5 billion monthly in 2015 to about $1.5 billion in 2017.
Nigeria’s foreign exchange market by importers of some 41 items as the
major turning point, Okorafor said the policy had helped to stop the
hemorrhaging of the country’s external reserves, which hitherto
witnessed heavy depletion due to huge import bills and other debt
obligations. According to him, the CBN policy had ensured a decline in
Nigeria’s import bills from over $5 billion monthly in 2015 to about $1.5 billion in 2017.
He expressed optimism that with the determination of the bank and the
cooperation of the fiscal authorities, the external reserves would
continue to enjoy more accretion in the course of the year.
cooperation of the fiscal authorities, the external reserves would
continue to enjoy more accretion in the course of the year.
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Meanwhile, the CBN injected $210 million
into interbank window of the foreign exchange market on Monday to meet
requests in the wholesale, Small and Medium Enterprises and invisibles
segments of the market.
into interbank window of the foreign exchange market on Monday to meet
requests in the wholesale, Small and Medium Enterprises and invisibles
segments of the market.
A breakdown of the figure indicated that the CBN offered $100m to the
wholesale sector, while the Small and Medium Enterprises and invisible
windows each received $55 million.
wholesale sector, while the Small and Medium Enterprises and invisible
windows each received $55 million.
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