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Nigeria: MPC shifts tone (again)

Nigerian policymakers struck a hawkish tone today, but we doubt that rate hikes are on the cards. Inflationary pressures are probably not as worrying as Governor Emefiele seems to believe. Kenyan policymakers left their key policy rate on hold again, and we expect that the next move will be a cut.

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