Wednesday 19 August 2020

CURRENCY SPOTLIGHT – NO LOVE FOR NAIRA


hnd holding naira notes
Lukman Otunuga,
Senior Research Analyst at FXTM 

Our emerging market currency spotlight this week shines on the Nigerian Naira which just can’t catch a break despite the Dollar weakening across the board!

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The local currency is trading around N475 per Dollar on the black-market exchange and could weaken further as foreign-currency shortages strain Africa’s largest economy. With export earnings diminishing due to depressed Oil prices, government revenues have taken a massive hit and the negative impacts may trickle through the economy.

To rub salt into the wound, inflation has jumped to its highest level in 27-months, rising 12.82% on the back of continued border closures and lingering effects of supply disruptions caused by COVID-19. If economic conditions fail to improve and Dollar shortages persist, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) could run out ammunition to defend the Naira against external and domestic risks.

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Given how the CBN has already devalued the official exchange rate for the second time this year to N380, is another devaluation on the cards? Time will tell.

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