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Nigeria’s External Reserves Backslide, Fall By $915m After Currency Float
Nigeria’s external reserves dropped by $915 million after the Central Bank of Nigeria officially floated the Naira and liberalised the foreign exchange market.
CBN data obtained on Sunday showed that the reserves, which stood at $34.66bn as of June 14, 2023, when the Naira was floated, fell to $33.74bn as of August 24, 2023.
The naira value had closed at 471.67/$ at the Investor & Exporter forex window on June 13, a day before the CBN announced the naira float.
The local currency fell to over 700/$ following the development at the I&E window.
As of Monday, the Naira exchanged at N774.54/$1 at the official window.
Meanwhile, Naira stood between N900-918 at the parallel market against the Dollar.
Recall that on June 14, the CBN floated the Naira at the forex market.
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