Nigeria’s Refusal to Devalue Naira Likely to Fail, Again
- Local currency has remained largely stable as oil prices crash
- Traders are pricing 12-month forward contracts at 479 naira/$
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Four years after Nigeria tried and failed to stop its currency from collapsing, Africa’s biggest crude producer is again reacting to this oil crisis the same way it did in the recent past.