分析人士表示，尼日利亚二十年来最大幅度的降息提高了明年进入宽松周期的可能性。央行表示，本周下调3.5个百分点是一次重置，旨在提高货币政策的有效性。
Nigeria’s largest interest rate cut in two decades raised the possibility of an easing cycle next year, analysts said. The central bank said its 3.5 percentage point cut this week was a reset aimed at making monetary policy more effective.
总部位于拉各斯的投资银行CardinalStone在一份报告中指出，此举应有助于负债累累的企业更容易地借新还旧或获取新资本。尼日利亚经济学家俾斯麦·雷瓦内（Bismarck Rewane）表示，此举还可能降低尼日利亚政府的债务偿还成本。
The move should help debt-laden firms to refinance existing borrowing or access new capital more easily, Lagos-based investment bank CardinalStone said in a note. The move could also reduce the Nigerian government’s debt service costs, Nigerian economist Bismarck Rewane said.
自取消燃油补贴导致家庭和企业成本上升以来的三年里，尼日利亚一直面临着高通胀。凯投宏观（Capital Economics）的大卫·奥莫乔莫洛（David Omojomolo）表示，为应对通胀而实施的一系列加息举措现在正让位于降息，而石油和天然气出口收益的增加提振了奈拉，这应为进一步降息留出了空间。
Nigeria has faced high inflation in the three years since the removal of fuel subsidies raised costs for households and businesses. A sequence of rate hikes to tackle inflation is now giving way to cuts, and increased oil and gas export earnings that have boosted the naira should give room for further reductions, said David Omojomolo of Capital Economics.
— 亚历山大·奥努克韦（Alexander Onukwue）
— Alexander Onukwue