Nigerian interbank lending rate spiked 7.75 percentage points on Wednesday to 18 percent for overnight placement ahead of the Central Bank of Nigeria's (CBN) withdrawal of around N750 billion ($5 billion) to enforce a new cash reserves rules on public sector deposits. The central bank two weeks ago
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