Can the CBN sustain this forex market intervention?
By CNBC
08 May 2017 |
3:38 pm
The NSE All-Share Index was up 1.8 percent last week. Meanwhile, the Central Bank of Nigeria says it would sustain its foreign exchange intervention into various segments of the markets.
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