BREAKING: CBN Maintains Monetary Policy Rate At 14%   

The Monetary Policy Committee of the Central Bank of Nigeria on Wednesday left the Monetary Policy Rate untouched at 14 per cent.

The CBN Governor, Mr Godwin Emefiele, made known the decision of the committee at the end of a two-day meeting held at the apex bank’s headquarters in Abuja.

He stated that nine members of the committee unanimously agreed to maintain the current monetary policy stance.

He said apart from the MPR which was retained at 14 per cent, the committee also retained the Cash Reserves Ratio at 22.5 per cent.

Also retained are the Liquidity Ratio which was left at 30 per cent; and the Asymmetric Window which was left at +200 and -500 basis points around the MPR.