Financial Indicators

Interest rates
91-day bill – 9.95%
182-day bill – 10.50%
1-year Note – 13.00%
2 –year fixed rate note – 13.50%
3 –year fixed rate bond- 14.00%
Prime rate – 12.5%

Currency
¢/US$ - 9,210.23
¢/£ - 17,804.77
¢/Euro – 11.982.28
¢/Naira – 70.81
¢/CFA - 18.25

Commodities (US$)
Gold – 609.30/oz
Cocoa- 1,607/ton
Crude Oil – 56.79pb
Coffee – 120.45/ton

Inflation trend (2006)
December – 10.5%
November- 10.3%
October – 10.5%
September – 10.8%
August – 11.2%
July – 11.4%
June – 10.55%
GDP Growth – 5.8%

Base Rates
Barclays Bank – 19.50%
Merchant Bank – 21.50%
Standard Chartered – 21.24%
GCB – 18.5%
Metropolitan Allied – 21.50%
Unibank – 21.50%
The Trust Bank – 21.50%
Amalgamated Bank – 19.50%
HFC – 21.45%
Stanbic – 21.5%
Standard Trust – 20.4%
Zenith – 18%
ADB – 19.5%
Ecobank – 19.50% %
SG-SSB – 18.90%
NIB – 21.45%
Prudential – 21.50%
First Atlantic – 21.50%
CAL Bank – 19.50%
ICB – 20%
GT bank – 21.50%
Fidelity – 21.00%
Intercontinental – 19.20