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  "title": "Nigeria leads Africa’s nearly 1,000bps September rate-cut wave",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/05/nigeria-leads-africas-nearly-1-000bps-september-rate-cut-wave",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-05T12:03:54.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "BusinessDay Nigeria",
    "slug": "businessday-nigeria",
    "url": "https://businessday.ng/africa/article/nigeria-leads-africas-nearly-1000bps-september-rate-cut-wave/"
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  "summary": "African central banks delivered nearly 1,000 basis points of interest-rate cuts last month, led by Nigeria’s aggressive 350-basis-point reduction, as read more Nigeria leads Africa’s nearly 1,000bps September rate-cut wave",
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