The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has officially rescheduled the 299th meeting of its Monetary Policy Committee (MPC), originally set for the 17th and 18th of February, 2025.
The highly anticipated gathering will now take place on the 18th and 19th of February, 2025.
This announcement finally puts an end to swirling speculations about the meeting’s timing, which had been clouded by delays in the release of the rebased Consumer Price Index (CPI) by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).
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With the dates now locked in, all eyes are on the CBN’s MPC as economic analysts and financial stakeholders eagerly await its next move. Will the committee hold steady on the monetary policy rate (MPR) or opt for a hike in response to prevailing economic trends?
The upcoming deliberations could set the tone for Nigeria’s financial landscape in the months ahead.