{"id":9376,"date":"2026-07-31T13:20:23","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T13:20:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ograsset.com\/?p=9376"},"modified":"2026-07-31T13:20:24","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T13:20:24","slug":"private-sector-fx-outflows-jump-165-to-16-3bn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ograsset.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/31\/private-sector-fx-outflows-jump-165-to-16-3bn\/","title":{"rendered":"Private sector FX outflows jump 165% to $16.3bn"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"474\" height=\"316\" src=\"https:\/\/ograsset.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/July-31.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9377\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ograsset.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/July-31.png 474w, https:\/\/ograsset.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/July-31-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Private sector FX outflows jump 165% to $16.3bn<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Foreign exchange outflows through autonomous channels rose by more than 160 per cent in 2025, reflecting increased private-sector demand for foreign exchange despite stronger inflows into the economy, according to the Central Bank of Nigeria\u2019s 2025 Annual Report and Statement of Accounts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The report showed that autonomous foreign exchange outflows climbed 164.84 per cent to<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">$16.26bn in 2025 from $6.14bn recorded a year earlier. The sharp increase contributed to a 27.83<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">per cent rise in Nigeria\u2019s total FX outflows, which reached $49.05bn, up from $38.37bn in 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By comparison, foreign exchange outflows through the CBN increased only marginally by 1.74 per cent to $32.79bn from $32.23bn in the previous year, accounting for about 66.9 per cent of total outflows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Despite the increase in demand for foreign exchange, Nigeria posted a stronger external position as total FX inflows rose 13.81 per cent to a record $109.86bn in 2025 from $96.53bn in 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The CBN attributed the rise in inflows largely to autonomous sources, which grew 25.12 per cent to $70.54bn, driven by higher non-oil export receipts, capital importation and over-the-counter foreign exchange purchases. Inflows through the apex bank, however, declined 2.08 per cent to<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">$39.32bn due to lower receipts from government debt and foreign exchange swap transactions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Overall, the economy recorded a net foreign exchange inflow of $60.81bn, higher than the<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">$58.16bn posted in 2024. Autonomous sources generated a net inflow of $54.28bn, while the CBN<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">recorded a net inflow of $6.52bn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The figures point to an increasingly market-driven foreign exchange landscape, with both inflows and outflows being led by private-sector activity rather than official transactions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/punchng.com\/private-sector-fx-outflows-jump-165-to-16-3bn\/\">https:\/\/punchng.com\/private-sector-fx-outflows-jump-165-to-16-3bn\/<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Private sector FX outflows jump 165% to $16.3bn Foreign exchange outflows through autonomous channels rose by more than 160 per cent in 2025, reflecting increased private-sector demand for foreign exchange despite stronger inflows into the economy, according to the Central Bank of Nigeria\u2019s 2025 Annual Report and Statement of Accounts. The report showed that autonomous&#8230; <\/p>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ograsset.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/31\/private-sector-fx-outflows-jump-165-to-16-3bn\/\" class=\"excerpt-read-more\">Read More \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9377,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9376","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fit-row"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/ograsset.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/July-31.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ograsset.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9376","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ograsset.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ograsset.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ograsset.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ograsset.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9376"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ograsset.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9376\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9379,"href":"https:\/\/ograsset.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9376\/revisions\/9379"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ograsset.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9377"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ograsset.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9376"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ograsset.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9376"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ograsset.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9376"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}