{"id":33074,"date":"2020-12-03T20:22:06","date_gmt":"2020-12-03T20:22:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=33074"},"modified":"2020-12-03T20:22:06","modified_gmt":"2020-12-03T20:22:06","slug":"cbn-bills-launched-to-improve-liquidity-in-commercial-banks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/economy\/cbn-bills-launched-to-improve-liquidity-in-commercial-banks","title":{"rendered":"CBN bills launched to improve liquidity in commercial banks"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press<\/a> – Nigeria<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has introduced special bills aiming to consolidate the nation\u2019s financial markets and make capital more available to lenders.<\/p>\n

The CBN bills will equally \u201cavail the monetary authority with an additional liquidity management tool,\u201d said the CBN Wednesday in a statement on its website endorsed by Bello Hassan, its director of banking supervision.<\/p>\n

Nigeria, Africa\u2019s largest economy, is in the throes of a second recession since 2016, after its gross domestic product tapered for the second quarter running in the third quarter as the pandemic outbreak and a slump in the prices of crude, its chief export, eroded government revenues and crippled businesses.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe CBN will continue to ensure optimal regulation of systemic liquidity and promote efficient financial markets in support of economic recovery and sustained growth,\u201d the document said.<\/p>\n

The CBN bills are anticipated to enhance lenders\u2019 liquidity ratios, a metric used for establishing the capacity of a debtor to fulfil its debt commitments without recourse to external capital. Banks\u2019 liquidity ratios have been strained through cash reserve debits by CBN.<\/p>\n

In January, the regulator raised the Cash Reserve Requirement (CRR) of the banking industry from 22.5% to 27.5%, compelling lenders to increase the rate of cash to keep in reserve out of the total deposits mobilised from customers.<\/p>\n

It said the move would reduce excess liquidity in the system and help control inflationary pressure.<\/p>\n

The CBN debits the accounts of banks periodically for failure to meet the CRR as well as a loan-to-deposit ratio currently 65%.<\/p>\n

The new CBN bills have a 90-day tenor and will be tradable among banks, institutional and retail investors.<\/p>\n

They will be considered as liquid assets in the automation of the liquidity ratio for commercial banks.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe instrument won\u2019t be accepted for repurchase agreement transactions with the central bank and aren\u2019t discountable at the CBN window,\u201d the apex bank said.<\/p>\n

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