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Central Bank of Nigeria

Journal

2006

Foreign exchange market

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Challenges Of Exchange Rate Volatility In Economic Management In Nigeria., Charles N.O Mordi Sep 2006

Challenges Of Exchange Rate Volatility In Economic Management In Nigeria., Charles N.O Mordi

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The motive behind initiating an exchange rate policy, an integral element of monetary policy, is to preserve the value of the domestic currency, maintain favorable external reserves and ensure the realization of price stability in the domestic economy. The pursuance of these goals is to ensure external balance without compromising the need for internal balance and macroeconomic stability. It is important that the monetary authority, in its bid to designing an appropriate and sustainable exchange rate policy framework, addresses issues that are fundamental to the introduction of the policy itself. This paper discussed the challenges of exchange rate volatility management …


The Challenges Of Sustainability Of The Current Exchange Rate Regime In Nigeria., H. T. Sanni Sep 2006

The Challenges Of Sustainability Of The Current Exchange Rate Regime In Nigeria., H. T. Sanni

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The motive behind initiating an exchange rate policy, an integral element of monetary policy, is to preserve the value of the domestic currency, maintain favorable external reserves and ensure the realization of price stability in the domestic economy. The pursuance of these goals is to ensure external balance without compromising the need for internal balance and macroeconomic stability. In the quest for corrective measures to minimize distortions in the foreign exchange market, the monetary authority initiates the current exchange rate reform. the objective of this paper is to discuss the challenges of sustaining the recently introduced exchange rate regime in …


The Achievement Of Convergence In The Nigeria Foreign Exchange Market, O. O. Akanji Sep 2006

The Achievement Of Convergence In The Nigeria Foreign Exchange Market, O. O. Akanji

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The fact that Naira is floating is not a panacea for effective monetary policy management learning from the Argentina experience. Also with volatile capital flows, there are associated over - and undershooting of exchange rates that the economy would encounter. This paper discuss the achievement of convergence in the Nigerian foreign exchange market and monetary policy, the liberalization of the foreign exchange market and the process of foreign exchange convergence. It was observed that there were supply shortage and so the supply side of resource allocation was deployed. It was also observed that the harmony between the money market and …