Nigeria: CBN's MPC Members in Policy Dilemma Over Growth, Inflation

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Nigeria: CBN's MPC Members in Policy Dilemma Over Growth, Inflation

[Vanguard] The members of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, have indicated that the apex bank's meeting in March was largely concerned with the twin problem of growth stimulation of economic growth and containment of inflation. The MPC is the highest monetary policy making body in the Nigerian economy.

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