
CBN’s MPR at 27%: Manufacturers Warn High Lending Rates Hindering Production
Nigeria’s manufacturing sector is warning that lending rates hovering between 30% and 37% continue to crush production capacity despite the

Nigeria’s manufacturing sector is warning that lending rates hovering between 30% and 37% continue to crush production capacity despite the

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has kept the Monetary Policy Rate (MPR) at 27%, maintaining a tight stance to

The UK inflation rate falls for the first time in seven months to 3.6% in the year to October well above

Nigeria’s Headline inflation rate eased to 16.05% in October 2025 from the September 2025 headline inflation rate of 18.02%. The

The Bank of England has held interest rates at 4% in a widely expected move. The decision comes as inflation

Nigeria’s Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun, has said that food prices are beginning to

The cost of cooking a household-size pot of jollof rice in Nigeria, tracked via the SBM Intelligence “Jollof Index” –

Nigeria’s informal economy, home to millions of traders, artisans, and micro-entrepreneurs, is feeling the full weight of inflation and currency

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has excluded Nigeria from its list of Africa’s fastest-growing economies. The list features countries such

Nigeria’s food inflation cooled sharply in September 2025, dropping to 16.87% year-on-year from 37.77% in the same month last year,

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) rejected over 97% of bids worth ₦4.1 trillion in its latest open market operation

The World Bank has upgraded its 2025 growth forecast for Nigeria and other sub-Saharan African economies, projecting an expansion of






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