The Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) surprise decision to cut its policy rate by 350bp today, to 23.00%, underlines its confidence that the disinflation process will continue over the coming months. With real interest rates still high, but the CBN mindful of credibility concerns, we expect further and gradual easing to takes the policy rate down to a below-consensus 17.00% by the end of next year.
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