CBN Begins Clearance Of $10bn Forex Backlogs Of Foreign Airlines, Others
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), has started clearing over $10 billion foreign exchange backlogs of commercial banks and foreign airline operators.
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The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), has started clearing over $10 billion foreign exchange backlogs of commercial banks and foreign airline operators.
However, due to the sharp decline in cash mop up by the CBN, the banking industry enjoyed a 46 per cent increase in average daily cash balance which rose to N407.13 billion in 9M’23 from N214.87 billion in 9M’22.
According to data provided by the Nigerian Exchange Limited, Eight Nigerian banks generated about N3.9tn gross earnings in the first half of 2023.
THE local bourse reversed prior week’s gains as the All-Share index declined by 1.10 percent week-on-week (W-o-W) to close at 67,395.74 basis points.
Analysts at Commercio Partners said the CBN may be prompted to issue more high-yield bonds to attract investors, hence increasing borrowing costs for government