Nigeria’s Central Bank denies reports of a Naira devaluation

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Daily Trust exclusively reported a Naira devaluation in the early hours of Thursday. Nigeria’s Central Bank has denied that any such devaluation happened.

Nigeria’s Central Bank has denied reports of a devaluation of the Naira that made the rounds this morning. A tweet from the CBN’s handle said, “CBN did not devalue the Naira,” alongside a picture of the front page of a Nigerian newspaper. The Nigerian publication, Daily Trust, exclusively reported this morning that “the CBN devalued the Naira to 630/$1.” The publication based its story on a rate it obtained from the Importers and Exporters window. However, it would seem that the I&E rate that led Daily Trust to believe that a devaluation had occurred was a single, one-off transaction. 

At the time of this report, TechCabal confirmed that Stanbic IBTC bank, one of Nigeria’s leading banks, has quoted today’s official exchange rate at N464/$1. It means that there have been no official changes in the FX…

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