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Excess liquidity: CBN hits banks with N600bn CRR debit
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By Babajide Komolafe
The Central bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Friday hit the banking system with N600 billion Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) debit in a bid to combat idle cash (excess liquidity) in the interbank money market.
Financial Vanguard investigations revealed that excess liquidity in the banking system, which persisted throughout last year, rose further to N1.1 trillion at the close of business on Thursday from N996.9 billion the previous week.
The increase was due to an inflow of N438.7 billion from matured secondary market ( Open Market Operations, OMO) treasury bills during the week.