Nigeria’s fixed income and forex market review
30 June 2019 |
3:29 pm
Nigeria's May inflation figures grew by 11.40 per cent year-on-year from 11.37 per cent in April. Chioma Udu, Forex Dealer at GT Bank joins me to discuss this and other stories impacting Nigeria’s fixed income and forex market so far this week.
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