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External Reserves Drop By $1.4bn In Two Months
The country’s external reserves fell by $1.4 billion in two months, the latest data from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) showed on Wednesday.
The reserves, which stood at $35.25 billion as of April 16, fell to $34.23 billion as of May 31 and $33.85 billion as of June 15.
Speaking on the decline in external reserves at the recent Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting, the CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele, said, “This reflects sales to the foreign exchange market and third-party payments”.
In March, the reserves lost $178 million after dropping from $34.99 billion as of March 1 to $34.82 billion as of March 31.
In February, the reserves dropped by $1.1bn, falling from $36.19 billion as of February 1 to $35.09 billion on February 26.
The CBN, in its January economic report, said, “As a consequence of the lower foreign exchange receipts, the official external reserves declined.
“External reserves stood at $35.44bn at the end-January 2021, a decrease of 2.8 per cent and 3.5 per cent from $36.46 billion in December 2020 and $36.73 billion in January 2020.”
Meanwhile, the naira fell to 500 against the dollar at the parallel market on Wednesday from 495 last week.
Figures obtained from the naijabdcs.com, the CBN’s official website for the Bureau De Change operators, showed that the dollar was bought and sold for N499 and N500, respectively.
The CBN recently adopted the NAFEX rate of N410/$ as the official exchange rate on its website.
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