Tuesday, 18 July 2017

CBN boosts foreign exchange supply with $195m

The Central Bank of Nigeria on Monday intervened in inter-bank Foreign Exchange Market with the supply of $195m as part of efforts to stabilise the market.

The acting Director, Corporate Communications of the apex bank, Mr Isaac Okorafor, in a statement, said $100m was offered.

He said that Small and Medium Enterprises segment received $50m, while tuition fees, medical payments and Basic Travel Allowance, among others, got $45m.Making all sum up to $I95m.

He said the apex bank remained determined to achieve its objective of rates convergence, “hence the unrelenting injection of intervention funds into the foreign exchange market’’.

No comments:

Post a Comment