The smaller than expected fall in Nigeria’s headline inflation rate to 15.1% y/y in January is unlikely to worry policymakers at the Central Bank of Nigeria given that core price pressures continued to fade. We think the CBN will restart its easing cycle at next week’s policy meeting and follow this up with deep cuts to the policy rate over the remainder of the year.
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