Summary Of CBN’s New Foreign Exchange Policy

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Summary Of CBN’s New Foreign Exchange Policy

Here is the summary of the Press Conference held by the Governor of the Central Bank on the Flexible Exchange Rate Policy held on June 15, 2016
According to Gov. of Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, on Flexible Exchange Rate Policy:


1. The Market will operate as single market through the interbank

2. The FX Rate will be purely market-driven

3. CBN will participate through periodic
interventions

4. FX primary dealers will be registered to deal directly with the CBN for large deal sizes.

5. FX primary dealers will deal with other authorised dealers

6. There will be no more spread restrictions

7. The 41 items classified for not valid for FX are still not admissible in FX interbank market

8. CBN may offer long-tenored FX forwards

9. Selling of FX forwards must be trade backed with no pre-determined spreads

10. Over the Counter FX futures will be introduced.
The OTC FX futures are bespoke and volumes could
be non-standard

11. Non-oil exporters are now allowed unfettered access to export proceeds via the interbank market

Timelines

12. Guidelines of the general FX market will be released immediately

13. Guidelines for FX primary dealers will be released immediately

14. FX primary dealers will be appointed and notified by June 17, 2016

15. Interbank FX trading under the new guidelines will begin on June 20, 2016

Additional details will be released as soon they are published by the Central Bank.