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Exchange Rate Management In Period Of Economic Uncertainty, Emmanuel U. Ukeje

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The paper examines current developments in the management of foreign exchange by the Central Bank of Nigeria in the period of economic uncertainty. It explains how the Bank has implemented different regimes of foreign exchange in order to maintain the external value of its currency as well as ensure them.

Is Nigeria Ready For Inflation Targeting, Mbutor O. Mbutor

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Inflation Targeting as a framework for monetary policy implementation simply describes a policy framework in which central banks accept and announce the realization of certain forecast targets of inflation, over a given time period, as the measure policy anchor and are accountable for deviations from actual inflation from the said target. The primary goal of the paper was to expose the prospects and challenges facing the implementation of inflation targeting in Nigeria. To put the subject in proper perspective, common terminologies often used in discussing lT were defined. The preconditions for effective lT were also highlighted. The paper has argued …

Money Supply, Inflation And The Nigerian Economy, Paul A. Ogwuma

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Experience in many countries, including Nigeria, show that fiscal policies, in particular, intended primarily to stimulate output growth and enhance real income often end up as a major source of financial imbalances and macro-economic instability. The accompanying high inflation has critical allocative and distributional implications that can be detrimental to the growth process. It is against this background that, this short paper attempts, to identify the relationship between monetary growth and inflationary developments in Nigeria and the implications for economic growth. Following this Introduction, Thus, the challenge of maintaining monetary stability has often been a difficult one, the world over, …

The Role Of Insurance Institutions, Yinka Lijadu

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The paper is a lecture at the 13th Annual Banking Seminar. It explains the role of insurance as it affects the supply and demand for money in the Nigerian financial system and the possible effect of the new monetary guidelines on the fund of NICON Insurance Limited.

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