{"id":190399,"date":"2022-05-24T16:35:43","date_gmt":"2022-05-24T15:35:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=190399"},"modified":"2022-05-24T16:38:18","modified_gmt":"2022-05-24T15:38:18","slug":"cbn-raises-interest-rate-to-13","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/05\/24\/cbn-raises-interest-rate-to-13\/","title":{"rendered":"CBN raises interest rate to 13%"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The policy-setting committee of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has voted to raise the monetary policy rate (MPR), which measures interest rate, to 13 percent to tame rising inflation.<\/p>\n<p>The monetary policy rate (MPR) is the baseline interest rate in an economy, every other interest rate used within an economy is built on it.<\/p>\n<p>Addressing journalists on Tuesday after the committee\u2019s meeting at the CBN headquarters in Abuja, Godwin Emefiele, governor of the apex bank, said six out of eleven committee members voted to raise the key rate.<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Emefiele said the committee also voted to retain the asymmetric corridor at +100 and -700 basis points around the MPR and liquidity ratio at 30 per cent<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>Emefiele said the global outlook remains clouded with uncertainties over the Russia-Ukraine war and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/05\/23\/covid-19-pandemic-not-over-who-cautions\/\">COVID-19 pandemic<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe sharp rise in inflation across the world as generated growing concerns among central bankers driven by rising demands and wage bills\u2026 consequently, US Fed, England and Canada have provided shift away from their policy stance,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo reduce inflationary pressure, CBN decided to take a shift on historical stance on monetary policy rate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The CBN governor urged banks and the federal government to redouble efforts in supporting monetary authority.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The policy-setting committee of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has voted to raise the monetary policy rate (MPR), which measures interest rate, to 13 percent to tame rising inflation. 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