The Central Bank of Nigeria delivered a larger-than-expected 150bp hike to its policy rate, to 26.25%, at its meeting today, reinforcing Governor Cardoso’s recent comments that officials will “do whatever is necessary “ to rein in inflation. There were signals that officials feel they are turning the tide on inflation, but we think that they still have a bit more work to do.
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