The MPC’s Effect On The Domestic Balloon
At its first meeting this year, held Monday last week in Abuja, the Central Bank of Nigeria’s rate-setting committee (the Monetary Policy Committee — MPC) opted to tighten monetary policy.[…]
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On Today’s Meeting of the MPC – Matters Arising
The Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) rate-setting body, the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meets today, under a cloud. The mass of gray overhead has nothing to do with the recent[…]
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The CBN and Institution Building
The pyrotechnics notwithstanding, the hijinks last week around the fate in office of the governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), did have a useful part. For an economy[…]
Who Guards The Guardians
Last week, I was concerned with how much the Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) recent measures for managing the demand for and supply of foreign exchange speak to a macroeconomic[…]
“It’s The Economy Stupid”
Over the last couple of weeks, a succession (profusion?) of, dare I say, “important” events in this country lead to only one conclusion: that everything (at least until 2015) has[…]
Mendicants, Social Parasites, and Our Rights As Human Beings
The most unusual contribution (thus far) to the current conversation over the forced internal relocation of mendicants in the country (the recent action by the Lagos State Government has been[…]
After April’s MPC Meeting
Now, I am not too certain how to call this. But ahead of the meeting last week of the Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC), few commentators[…]
Why We Must Restructure Government
Once again, SLS (our moniker for Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria ―CBN) walks into a new tempest. In fact, he did not walk into this.[…]
To What And How Does Today’s MPC Meeting Respond?
Today, two developments (both of them much trailed) will occur. More precisely, one of these events commences, while the other will be announced. First (and this is not in any[…]
On Barth Nnaji’s Resignation – Anthony Osae-Brown
I must say I am one of those who feel highly disappointed by the forced resignation of Nigeria’s former minister of power, Barth Nnaji. I am not alone. His resignation[…]