{"id":75157,"date":"2025-09-08T13:56:41","date_gmt":"2025-09-08T13:56:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=75157"},"modified":"2025-09-08T13:56:41","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T13:56:41","slug":"cbn-governor-hints-at-possible-interest-rate-cuts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/09\/08\/cbn-governor-hints-at-possible-interest-rate-cuts\/","title":{"rendered":"CBN Governor Hints at Possible Interest Rate Cuts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Anifowoshe Oladipupo<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor Olayemi Cardoso has hinted at a potential reduction in the country\u2019s record-high interest rates, raising hopes of financial relief for businesses and investors.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at a forum in Lagos, Cardoso acknowledged the burden of commercial loans currently priced between 32% and 36%. He projected that rates could face downward pressure as inflation continues to ease, following the apex bank\u2019s sustained tightening of monetary policy.<\/p>\n<p>He stressed the CBN\u2019s commitment to financial stability, noting that a disciplined approach to monetary management would eventually create a more favorable climate for lending and investment.<\/p>\n<p>Cardoso\u2019s comments suggest a possible shift in economic policy designed to ease borrowing costs, boost corporate growth, and attract new investment. Analysts say such a move could provide a lifeline to struggling enterprises while reshaping the country\u2019s business landscape.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Anifowoshe Oladipupo Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor Olayemi Cardoso has hinted at a potential reduction in the country\u2019s record-high interest rates, raising hopes of financial relief for businesses and investors. Speaking at a forum in Lagos, Cardoso acknowledged the burden of commercial loans currently priced between 32% and 36%. He projected that rates [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":75158,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1718,172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-75157","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-finance","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75157","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=75157"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75157\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":75159,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75157\/revisions\/75159"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/75158"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75157"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=75157"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=75157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}