Organised Private Sector, Analysts Hail ‘Cautious’ MPR Reduction, Urge FG to De-risk Business Climate Seek improved credit flow to real sector amid restrictive interest rate environment Lament high interest rate can’t grow economy, call for productivity-led growth
James Emejo in Abuja, Nume Ekeghe and Dike Onwuamaeze in Lagos
Members of Organised Private Sector (OPS) and some analysts, yesterday, welcomed the 50-basis-
point reduction in Monetary Policy Rate (MPR) by Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) after a long tightening
campaign to rein in inflation. They described the cut as a “caution” step by CBN amid
concerns over the durability of disinflation trends, and urged the government to further de-risk the
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