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BREAKING: CBN slashes interest rate to 23%
Cardoso said the committee agreed to reset the Monetary Policy Rate (MPR) to 23 per cent.
The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has reduced the benchmark interest rate from 26.5 per cent to 23 per cent.
CBN Governor, Olayemi Cardoso, announced the decision on Tuesday after the conclusion of the committee’s 307th meeting in Abuja.
Cardoso said the committee agreed to reset the Monetary Policy Rate (MPR) to 23 per cent.
“The Committee decided as follows: reset the monetary policy rate to 23 per cent,” he said.
The move follows a hold at the two previous MPC briefings, and a 50-basis-point cut announced in February 2026.
Very Nigerian observed that the MPC’s decision to cut rates occurred amid consecutive decreases in Nigeria’s inflation rates.
According to the most recent Consumer Price Index report released by the National Bureau of Statistics, Nigeria’s headline inflation rate eased marginally to 15.39 per cent in August 2026 from 15.43 per cent recorded in July.
Very Nigerian observed that the current inflation rate marked its third decline after three consecutive monthly increases.
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