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  "id": 3864988,
  "title": "CBN cuts T-bill rate amid N3.63tn demand",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/cbn-cuts-t-bill-rate-amid-n3-63tn-demand",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-28T01:56:16.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Punch",
    "slug": "punch",
    "url": "https://punchng.com/cbn-cuts-t-bill-rate-amid-n3-63tn-demand/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Investors are increasingly positioning for longer-term returns in Nigeria’s fixed-income market, with the latest treasury bills auction showing an overwhelming preference for the one-year government security. At the Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) primary market auction on Wednesday, investors submitted N3.63tn for the 364-day T-bill, representing 95.9 per cent of the N3.79tn total bids received…",
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      {
        "outlet": "Punch Nigeria",
        "title": "CBN cuts T-bill rate amid N3.63tn demand",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/cbn-cuts-t-bill-rate-amid-n3-63tn-demand-3866043",
        "published": "2026-08-28T02:02:16.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}