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Oil \u2014 Nigeria&#8217;s main export \u2014 has dropped to $65 a barrel, below the target of the government at $75, and the naira has depreciated by 4.2% against the dollar, which inflated the price of imports. <\/p>\n\n<p style=\"line-height:1.2\">As a measure of steadying the currency, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) injected over $650 million into the foreign exchange market so far this month. Both rising inflation, plus currency stress, will feature highly in talks when the CBN&#8217;s monetary policy committee convenes for the first time on May 19\u201320, where interest rates are to remain firm at 27.5%. <\/p>\n\n<p style=\"line-height:1.2\">Food inflation eased to 21.8%, but core inflation rose to 24.4%, showing more price pressure. With the planting season underway and food supplies tight, higher prices may persist. <\/p>\n\n<p style=\"line-height:1.2\">Nigeria has tough months ahead as domestic troubles and global shocks meet \u2014 with policymakers having little space to maneuver.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-author\"><div class=\"wp-block-post-author__avatar\"><img alt='Avatar photo' src='https:\/\/www.mondevudailleurs.ae\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/cropped-Simple-Minimalist-Creative-Studio-Logo-150-x-100-px-48x48.png' srcset='https:\/\/www.mondevudailleurs.ae\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/cropped-Simple-Minimalist-Creative-Studio-Logo-150-x-100-px-96x96.png 2x' class='avatar avatar-48 photo' height='48' width='48' \/><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-post-author__content\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-author__name\">La R\u00e9daction<\/p><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nigeria&#8217;s inflation rate rose to 24.2% in March from 23.2% in February, the first increase since inflation data&hellip;","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"csco_display_header_overlay":false,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[48],"class_list":{"0":"post-4761","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-economy","7":"tag-articles-en","8":"cs-entry","9":"cs-video-wrap"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.9 - 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