Olayemi Cardoso, the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has assured that inflation in the country will drop in the year 2025, adding that the economy will expand by 4.17 per cent.
Cardoso stated this on Thursday, January 23, assuring that the country’s inflation which currently stands at 34.80 percent will decline as President Bola Tinubu’s reforms start to yield results.
He also said foreign exchange reserves rose gradually, driven by increased oil production. Oil output is forecast to reach 2.3 million barrels per day by mid-year, Cardoso said.
Cardoso pledged to take Nigeria’s foreign exchange reserves to more than $40 billion after recording a $6 billion FX inflow in 2024.
According to Cardoso, the central bank’s priority remained to maintain price stability and bolster market confidence. To this end, the bank aims to enhance transparency and efficiency within the foreign exchange market.
“With limited opportunities for FX arbitrage, we expect that there will be more appetite for real sector development,” he stated.
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