Evaluating the CBN’s September 2026 Monetary Easing, Corridor Compression, and FPI Dynamics
Policy Reset: MPR reduced by 350 bps to 23.00%; SDF floor compressed to 20.00% under a narrowed corridor (+50/-300 bps).
Intra-Africa and Foreign Trade, What’s Changing?
Executive Summary
Total intra-Africantradesummed $3.37 trillionfrom2000 to 2024, against total
exports of $1.8 trillionandimports of $1.48 trillion. Thesefigures confirmthat intra- African trade is a substantial
and growing component of thecontinent’s overall economicactivity, with significant roomfor further expansionunderframeworks like AfCFTA.
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