By The Central Bank of Nigeria has said Deposit Money Banks borrowed N1.7tn in the third quarter of 2020, as contained in its third quarter economic report.
The report partly read, “Deposit Money Banks and merchant banks continually accessed the standing facilities window to square up positions in 2020 Q3.
“The trend at the CBN standing facilities window indicated more activities at the Standing Deposit Facility window, compared to the Standing Lending Facility window, owing to liquidity surfeit in the banking system.
“Following the Monetary Policy Committee meeting of September 2020, applicable rates for the SLF and SDF changed from 14.5 per cent and 7.5 per cent to 12.5 per cent and 4.5 per cent respectively.
“Total SLF granted during the review quarter was N1.7tn, made up of N866.93bn direct SLF and N833.53bn Intraday Lending Facilities converted to overnight repo.
“Daily SLF ranged from N0.13bn to N384.41bn and averaged N58.64bn in 29 transaction days from July 1 to September 25, 2020.”
The report added, “Total SDF granted, during the review quarter was N1.76tn with a daily average of N27.55bn in 61 transaction days from July 1, 2020 to September 25, 2020.
“Daily request ranged from N0.73bn to N50bn. Cost incurred on SDF in the quarter stood at N0.51bn.”
The apex bank also said it sold bills of tenors ranging from 75 to 362 days during the third quarter, on liquidity management.
Total amount offered, subscribed and allotted were N640bn, N1.39tn and N625.13bn respectively, with a bid rate of 6.4 per cent, while the stop rate was 6.9 per cent.
There was also a net injection of N2.67tn, as repayment of matured CBN bills stood at N3.29tn.
