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The money market rates heated up further due to deficit balance in the financial system. The short-term benchmark rates continue to surge in the week after successive primary auction sales caused huge outflow in recent past week.

Money market rates climbed strongly, trending at double digits highs, on the back of sustained liquidity squeeze in the banking system.  The market opened the week with more than N60 billion deficit in the absence of significant inflows to boost liqudity condition in the financial market.

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