THE EFFECT OF FLUCTUATING FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATE ON NIGERIA CURRENCY.
(A CASE STUDY OF CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA, ENUGU BRANCH)
ABSTRACT
The currency of a nation is made to appreciate.
Is this appreciation made at the expense of the foreign market determinant? Or is it as a result of the country’s effort?
It is the aim of this research work to find out if Nigeria apply foreign exchange rate controls, is naira appreciation what we attain to achieve. This research work has five chapters.
Chapter one contains a general discussion of the foreign exchange rate fluction as seen by different people. It went further to state the problem to be studied and why this study was carried out, the scope and limitation of the study and finally the propositions and the definition of terms.
A number of past related literature examined by other studies as it relates to the fluctuation of exchange rate on naira, are highlighted in chapter two.
Chapter three deals with the design of the study, the methods used in collecting relevant data. It also deals with ways the questionnaires were carried out and treatment of data.
The data gotten from the research survey were presented and analyzed in chapter four.
Finally, the summary of findings, conclusion on the research and recommendations made by the researcher are all in chapter five.
If the Nigeria would put the recommendations made in the study to use, there will be currency steady appreciation with controls applied. Then, the negative effect on our currency by the fluctuating foreign exchange rate will become a thing of the past.
TABLE OF CONTENT
3.0 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
QUESTIONNAIRES
5.0 SUMMARY, RECOMMENTIONS CONCLUSION
BIBLIOGRAPHY
APPENDIX
CHAPTER ONE
1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
The inter-bank market in foreign exchange is used for trading in foreign currencies – main vehicle for generating autonomous inflow of foreign exchange into the banking system. La licensed banks, development banks and the central bank are active traders the market. These banks intermediate for their corporate and individual customers that engage in international trade and investment. The are always prepared to buy form or sell foreign currencies to their customers in both the spot and forward markets. In addition, authorized dealers open and maintain foreign currency domiciliary accounts for their customers, especially the exporting customers.
Exchange rates ruling in the inter-bank market fluctuate in response to the forces of supply and demand for foreign currencies, subject to a maximum spread of one percent between the buying and selling rates. Al the authorized dealer banks are required by CBN to display their buying and selling rates for spot transactions, but are allowed to negotiate with customers in respect of forward transactions within the one per cent allowable spread or margin. Authorized dealers are expected to make delivery of transactions of foreign currency to customers within three days from the day payment is made. The overall supervision of the market falls to the Central Bank of Nigeria which may, with the approval of the minister of Finance, intervene in the market from time to time to prescribe guidelines and give new directives. The Central Bank of Nigeria intervenes at a biding session in order to minimize any large fluctuations in the niara exchange rates.
For example, in 1986, the Central Bank of Nigeria intervened at the 6th session and at the 12th session.
In practice, the usual sources of foreign exchange to the market include the Central Bank of Nigeria auction, inflow to banks through autonomous sources, non-oil exports via dormiciliary foreign currency accounts, invisible trade items and other miscellaneous sources. For example in December 1986, the value of foreign exchange flowing in form these sources were: CBN auction $237.99 million, banks $28.99 and other miscellaneous sources $48.98million.
It is interesting to note that the introduction of the Second-tier Foreign Exchange Market (SFEM) in September 1986, coupled with the dismantling of exchange controls have increased the inflow of foreign exchange from autonomous sources. For exchange, the inflow of foreign exchange from private sources between October 1986 and May 1987 was put at $706 million (or about N2.6 billion).
1.2 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
Apart from the purely technical question of ensuring the steady appreciation of naira, one of the primary functions of determinants of exchange rate (CBN) is to sustain the value of the naira during fluctuation.
There are, however, other major problems falling our currency and it’s management.
The persistent geometric progression in depreciation and arithmetic progression in appreciation of naira have discouraged foreign investors due to they cannot make it. There appears to be no evidence more convincing about the need to central foreign exchange rate fluctuation, than the ever public outcry at the rate our money in falling and rising at the foreign market.
Many citizens going out of the country and public debts increasing.
Of utmost concern is the fact that as years roll by, the problem of the economy appears to be insurmountable.
The problem of creating awareness to dealers on the impact of exchange rate fluctuation on their investment profits that the profit seeks to address.
The general publics have little knowledge of financial implications associated with the unsteady exchange rate. Furthermore, there is the problem of dealers and citizen, not being aware of the impact or effect of the fluctuation of foreign exchange rate on naira’s value.
Finally, the problem of knowing how possible it is for the determinants (both CBN and others) to control the issue to a considerable rate after the exercise.
There have been a lot of thought about the N.70: N138, appreciation and depreciation respectively to $1.00, in the foreign exchange market. The research wants to carryout a research on what the government through the exchange rate determinants were doing and find out if the adept any exchange control measure in the currency management. The researcher also wants to have an empirical base either to support all the poor impression people have o the naira exchange rate with dollar and to advice on how to improve the value by adopting exchange rate control measures.
Therefore, the need for the study includes:
From all that has been written above, it is the aim of this study to take a segment of the Central Bank of Nigeria, and study the approach of the bank towards the exchange rate fluctuation.
The scope of the study is very wide if it has to be carried out in all the branches of CBN, including the headquarter. The study is limited, based on the facts that there is no time and material resources to see tot he whole systems. This study is limited to (Enugu State) and the findings may not reflect the situation in the whole country.
These findings may not be valid for the whole branches of CBN, but by and large, what happens in Enugu branch can be said to apply to other breaches.
It is the objective of this study to know if:
2. CBN apply the foreign exchange rate control measures, it put the fluctuation to a considerable rate.
3. People have said reasonable things concerning it.
4. What had been done before yield any good results.
The following terms used in this study should be taken to mean following.
This is an arrangement which exists to assist buyers and sellers of foreign exchange to enter into contract of buying and selling.
This is a means of international payments.
It includes currencies of other countries that are freely acceptable in effecting international transactions.
This is the price of one currency in terms of other.
This is the value of a domestic currency expressed in terms of a weighted basket of currencies of the major trading partners.
The weighted assigned to each currency reflects the volume of trade with the country of domicile. The weights are reviewed regularly to take accounts of changing patterns of trade.
This is a method of exchange rate determination through auction where the bidders pay according to their bid rates. The ruling rate is arrived at with the last bid rate that clears the market.
This situation exists when two exchange rates are in existence in an economy. This was the situation in Nigeria between September 1986 and July 1987 when two rates, the first and second-tier rates were in place. Again in January 1995, a dual exchange rate system made up of the pegged, official exchange rate and floating, autonomous exchange rate, was introduced.
This is a method of exchange rate determination where the average of bid rates is applied as the ruling exchange rate.
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