MPC, Again, Retains Policy Rate At 13.5 Percent

SAN FRANCISCO, November 26, (THEWILL) – The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has retained the Monetary Policy Rate at 13.5%.

This was disclosed by the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, during a press conference at the end of a two-day MPC meeting held on Tuesday at the apex bank’s headquarters in Abuja.

He explained that the committee unanimously voted to retain the MPR, after the rates were reduced from 14 percent to 13.5 percent in March 2019, the first time the MPR was reduced since July 2016.