Nigeria Currency Presently Undervalued Says Bank of America Analysts

Nigeria Currency Presently Undervalued Says Bank of America Analysts

According to Bank of America analysts, the Nigerian currency is currently undervalued and will likely end the year trading at around NGN680 per dollar. The analysts assert that higher oil revenues and a liberalized import regime will likely see Nigeria record current account surpluses in the medium term.
Freely Floating Naira
Just under a month after Nigerian monetary authorities abandoned the fixed exchange rate regime, analysts at Bank of America recently now argue that the local currency — the naira — is presently undervalued. However, according to analysts, the naira, which is hovering above NGN700 per US dollar, will likely end the year trading at around NGN680 per U.S. dollar.
The latest forecast by Bank of America analysts came more than nine months after an economist with the financial institution predicted a 20% devaluation of the naira which would translate to an exchange rate of NGN520:USD1.
However, as reported by Bitcoin.com News in mid-June, the Central Bank of Niger

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