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Breaking: MPC retains MPR rate at 11.5%, hold other parameters constant
The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), has voted unanimously to retain the Monetary Policy Rate (MPR) at 11.5%.
This was disclosed by the CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele while reading the communique at the end of the MPC meeting on Tuesday 27th July 2021.
CRR was retained at 27.5%, while Liquidity Ratio was also kept at 30%.
The committee expressed confidence that banks are doing the right thing in managing the country’s economic situation by increasing access to credit to the real sectors of the economy.
The committee also encouraged the banks to continue to use their existing administration to mop up excess liquidity from the economy.
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