{"id":139644,"date":"2022-01-25T16:10:51","date_gmt":"2022-01-25T15:10:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=139644"},"modified":"2022-01-25T16:10:51","modified_gmt":"2022-01-25T15:10:51","slug":"just-in-cbn-mpc-retains-benchmark-interest-rate-at-11-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/01\/25\/just-in-cbn-mpc-retains-benchmark-interest-rate-at-11-5\/","title":{"rendered":"JUST IN: CBN MPC retains benchmark interest rate at 11.5%"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The monetary policy committee of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has voted to retain the monetary policy rate (MPR), which measures interest rate, at 11.5 percent.<\/p>\n<p class=\"caps\">The monetary policy rate (MPR) is the baseline interest rate in an economy, every other interest rate used within an economy is built on the MPR.<\/p>\n<p>This was disclosed by the governor of the apex bank, Godwin Emefiele while addressing journalists on Tuesday after the committee\u2019s first meeting for the year at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/01\/24\/cbn-should-reduce-fx-pressure-by-resuming-dollar-sales-to-bdcs-agusto\/\">CBN<\/a> headquarters in Abuja.<\/p>\n<p>Godwin Emefiele, governor of the apex bank, said the committee members unanimously retained key rates.<\/p>\n<p>He said the committee voted to maintain the key lending rate at 11.5 percent, with the asymmetric corridor of +100 and -700 basis points around the MPR and liquidity ratio at 30 percent.<\/p>\n<p>Throughout 2021, the committee also held MPR constant.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The monetary policy committee of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has voted to retain the monetary policy rate (MPR), which measures interest rate, at 11.5 percent. 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