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Bitcoin price is back to $88,000 ahead of US consumer price index data today, from $90,000. As a result of this, the global crypto
Bank of Zambia has raised its benchmark lending rate by 50 basis points to 14.00% in a decision announced on Wednesday.
The average yield on Nigerian Treasury bills dipped slightly in the secondary market due to increased demand for naira assets, restricted by tight liquidity which capped trading actions.
The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Mr Wale Edun, says the Federal Government of Nigeria (FG) will soon begin payment of pension backlog.
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Zambia economic growth projection has been downgraded following latest review by the International Monetary Fund
The prices of crude oil dropped further in the global commodities market on Tuesday as Chinese demand is expected to remain weak, supported by strengthened U.S dollar.
The Transition Committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo has recommended a probe into more than N410 billion local and foreign debts allegedly owed by the state.