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Tuesday 30 January 2018

Nigeria's fx reserves rise $40.33 bln by Jan 25, contradicts CBN earlier report

Nigeria’s external reserves rose to $40.33billion as of Jan. 25, representing an increase of about $1.42 billion year-to-date, latest data from the central bank showed on Tuesday.Image result for dollars

Although a central statement on Jan 22 has indicated the reserves were at $40.78 billion as at January 18, data published on its website showed contrary position.
Data published on the bank's website http://www.cenbank.gov.ng/IntOps/Reserve.asp indicated that the reserves stood at $39.92 billion as at Jan. 18, short of $0.86 billion compared with the figure earlier reported by the bank.
The country's dollar reserves, which represents Africa's biggest economy buffer against currency risk stood at $38.73 billion a month earlier.
According to the central bank data, the reserves were doing better than it was a year ago when it stood at $27.82 billion.
Successful debt sales, including multiple Eurobond offerings last year, have helped the government accrue billions of dollars in foreign reserves, although they remain far from the peak of $64 billion in August 2008.
For instance, Nigeria raised around $5 billion in Eurobond last year, coupled with $300 million in diaspora bond issued the same period, which helped to boost the strength of the country's forex buffer.
Nigeria introduced the Investors & Exporters Forex window in April last year at the peak of its currency crisis in a bid to ease liquidity pressure and boost foreign investors' confidence in the domestic economy.
The central bank said in a report early in the month said around $13 billion inflows have been recorded through the investors' fx window since it was established, indicating improved confidence in the economy by foreign investors.


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