Banking

CBN retains interest rate at 27.5%

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has retained the interest rate at 27.50 per cent.

This was after the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the CBN on Thursday, February 20, 2025, voted unanimously to retain the Monetary Policy Rate (MPR), which is the baseline lending rate, at 27.50 per cent.

The MPC took the decision at the end of its 299th meeting and the first for 2025.

The committee also voted to retain the Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) at 50 per cent for Deposit Money Banks and 16 per cent for Merchant Banks.

The MPC equally retained the Liquidity Ratio (LR) at 30 per cent and the Asymmetric Corridor at +500/-100 basis points around the MPR.

The Star

Segun Ojo

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