Cost of funds nosedives as CBN halts liquidity mop-up operations
COST of funds in the interbank money market fell sharply last week, as the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), for the first time this year, suspended its weekly liquidity mop-up operations signalling relaxation of its tight money policy. Average short term interest rates nose-dived by 2, 174 basis points (bpts), while interest rate on Collateralised lending fell by 2,066 bpts.

