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Nigeria’s central bank holds benchmark lending rate at 14 percent

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Nigeria’s central bank kept its main interest rate at 14 percent on Tuesday, its governor Godwin Emefiele said.

The rate has been at a record high level of 14 percent since July 2016. Analysts polled by Reuters predicted that the bank would hold interest rates. Reuters

Pix: Central Bank headquarters, Abuja

 

 

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