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Nigeria:
CBN Shuts Down Official Foreign Exchange Window
Leadership, 19 February 2015
Following several months of battling with an ever widening margin between the value of the naira at the official market and the interbank end, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has… Read more »
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Nigeria:
CBN Closes Forex Windows to Save Naira, Reserves
Independent (Lagos), 19 February 2015
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), on Wednesday, closed the Retail Dutch Auction System (RDAS) and Wholesale Dutch Auction System (WDAS) foreign exchange window. Read more »
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Nigeria:
External Reserves Drop to U.S.$32.66 Billion
This Day, 18 February 2015
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) spent $380 million in two days to prop up the ailing naira, after conducting special forex interventions to shore up the local currency, a Reuters… Read more »
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Nigeria:
CBN Measure to Save Naira Unconventional, Analysts Say
CAJ News, 17 February 2015
ANALYSTS are not reading much into moves by the Central Bank of Nigeria moves to sell foreign currency outside the Retail Dutch Auction and interbank structures of the foreign… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Naira Sells for N211/U.S.$ Amid Further Devaluation Fears
Independent (Lagos), 16 February 2015
Volatility in the foreign exchange market continued at the weekend, with the Naira changing hands at an average price of N211 to the U.S. Dollar fuelled by deepening artificial… Read more »
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Nigeria:
CBN May Devalue Naira Again, As Currency Slumps to N213 to Dollar At Parallel Market
Premium Times, 17 February 2015
The Central Bank of Nigeria may be compelled to again take action to halt the continued slump in the value of the Naira, as the national currency on Monday lost N3 to the dollar. Read more »
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Nigeria:
CBN Bans Resale of Dollar to Shore Up Naira
This Day, 14 February 2015
Obinna Chima with agency report The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has banned banks from reselling dollars bought at a currency auction to other banks, Reuters quoted some dealers… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Emefiele Calls for Calm As Naira, Stocks Sustain Decline
This Day, 13 February 2015
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Mr. Godwin Emefiele, has reiterated that there is no need for panic over the recent depreciation of the naira against the dollar, even as he… Read more »