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Naira crashes to N493/$ at parallel market

This is not the best of times for the naira. It crashed yesterday to N493/$ at the parallel market, losing N12 to the dollar within 24 hours. It closed on Tuesday at N481/$. The sharp depreciation came a day after the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) devalued the naira at the official market to N410.25/$. The fall in the currency rate has been linked to dollar scarcity and the hoarding of available greenback by forex speculators to maximize profit. In an e-mailed guide to investors, Financial Derivatives Company Managing Director Limited Bismarck Rewane, said delayering (unification) of the multiple exchange rate system which had bedeviled the Nigerian economy had been a subject of controversy for a long period.

Report: Credit to Private Sector Rises to N31 822tn

By Obinna Chima Banking sector credit to the private sector increased year-on-year by N382 billion to N31.823 trillion as of April, up from the N31.440 trillion it was as at the end of March. The data were compiled from the latest Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) money and credit statistics for April 2021, posted on the regulator’s website. The development could be attributed to the aggressive development finance interventions by the central bank since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. Also, net credit to the government increased to N12.156 trillion year-on-year, as at the end of April, higher than the N11.994 trillion it was at the end of the previous month.

With 0 51% GDP Growth, Analysts List Ways to Grow Momentum

Obinna Chima, Nume Ekeghe in Lagos and James Emejo in Abuja Analysts yesterday urged the federal government to continue to develop policies to attract investments to Nigeria and to sustain targeted interventions in order for the country to sustain its positive economic growth trajectory. The advice came as the country recorded a Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth rate of 0.51 per cent (year-on-year) in the first quarter of 2021, (Q1 2021) compared with the 0.11 per cent recorded in the fourth quarter (Q4) 2020, according to figures the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) released yesterday. The data indicate two consecutive quarters of growth. However, the Q1 2021 growth rate was slower than the 1.87 per cent growth recorded in Q1 2020, but higher than the 0.11 per cent in Q4, which represented a slow, but continuous recovery of the economy.

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