Bloomberg Nigeria’s inflation rate rose in November as food prices continued climbing following border closures. Consumer prices rose 11.9% from a year earlier compared with 11.6% in October, the Abuja-based National Bureau of Statistics said in a report published on Tuesday. The median of three economists’ estimates in a Bloomberg survey was 11.8%. Nigeria’s central bank held its benchmark rate ...

Bloomberg The Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s operation to inject cash into the financial system over the end of the year was oversubscribed on Monday, an indication that demand for funding through the beginning of 2020 remains ravenous. Primary dealers submitted $54.25 billion in bids for the Fed’s 32-day term repo operation, which matures January 17. That was more ...

Bloomberg India this week joined a select club of countries offering fund transfers around the clock, a move that will give banks more flexibility to manage their liquidity requirements, the central bank said. The National Electronic Funds Transfer (NEFT) sees transactions worth 800 billion rupees ($11.3 billion) daily and the round-the-clock service is expected to boost online transactions for customers ...