In a reversal of actions from just four months ago, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) unexpectedly tightened monetary policy in Africa’s largest economy. The CBN raised the benchmark rate (MPR) by a percentage point to 12 percent, amid worries that rising inflation pressures from a weaker naira an
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