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Inflation Attitudes Survey Report - First Quarter 2017

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Inflation Attitudes Survey Report - First Quarter 2017

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  1. Inflation Attitudes Survey Report A Quarterly Publication F i r s t Q u a r t e r , 2 0 1 7 Statistics Department Central Bank of Nigeria
  2. 2 A Q uar te r l y P ub li cat io n of th e C en tr a l Ba nk o f N ig er i a 1st Qu ar ter , 2017 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The survey of households’ attitudes to inflation and interest rates for Q1 2017 was conducted during the period January 23rd to February 3rd, 2017. This is in a bid to assess the public perceptions about inflation and interest rates, which would help the Bank fine-tune its monetary policy formulation and management. The highlights of the Inflation Attitude Survey report are as follows:  Respondent households believe that the economy would end up weaker if prices start to rise faster than they do now.  Given a trade-off between inflation and interest rates, more respondents would prefer higher interest rates to higher inflation.  Majority of the respondents are of the view that it would be best for the Nigerian economy if interest rates went down.  Majority of the respondents are aware that the CBN influences the direction of interest rates to control inflation.
  3. 3 Inflation Attitudes Survey Report Q1 2017 1 .0 Introduction The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), aside from its price and monetary stability mandate, is also tasked with supporting the Government’s policies on economic growth and unemployment reduction. One of the objectives of the Bank is to build public confidence and support for sustainable economic development, price stability, and public understanding of the Monetary Policy Committee’s roles. The understanding and support by the public towards attaining the objectives of price stability would provide a more conducive environment for achieving macroeconomic stability. The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) formulates and implements policies conducive to economic growth, and monitors inflationary developments and other policy frameworks that are considered effective in moderating price changes. Monetary policy will be most effective if the objectives are understood and supported by the public Inflation expectations do vary amongst households due to the differences in the choice of goods and services, which often lead to differences in the prices consumers are willing to pay for goods and services. Respondents’ opinions were used to explore the general public’s understanding of monetary policy framework. This is because inflation expectations and public understanding of what influences them are important parameters for successful monetary policy formulation. Good estimates of inflation expectations and the level of public understanding of the underlying factors would assist the Bank to assess the impact of its efforts in maintaining price stability in the Nigerian economy. The Statistics Department, on a quarterly basis since June 2009, conducts the inflation attitudes survey to sample the views of households on how they view the price changes of goods and services in the last twelve months, and their expectations of price changes over the next twelve months. The Department also samples respondents’ views on interest rates and knowledge of the monetary policy framework. 2.0 About the Survey The Q1, 2017 Inflation Attitudes Survey was conducted from January 23 rd to February 3rd, 2017 with a sample size of 1950 households in 350 randomly selected Enumeration Areas (EAs) across the country. The raw data were then weighted to match the demographic profile of Nigeria as a whole.
  4. 4 The survey involves in-house face-to-face interviews of randomly selected households in some replicates of the National Integrated Survey of Households (NISH) master sample of the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). The survey asked questions about the evolution of prices of goods and services, and the questions were designed to reflect the concept of inflation that the general public are most likely to be familiar with, instead of any specific measures of inflation. The questionnaire was therefore couched in a manner that would capture the expectations of respondents, along with information on age, sex, income, employment status of the head of the household, among others. The options for questions asked were in ranges of price change, of which respondent households are expected to select one that best suites their expectations. The options were in the form of “Gone Down”, “Not Changed”, “Up by 1% but less than 3%”, “Up by 3% or Above” and “No Idea”. Respondents were made to answer a total of 14 questions, which include: their thought on how prices had changed in the previous twelve months, how they expect prices to change over the next twelve months, and the body that sets the interest rates. Questions seeking information on public knowledge, understanding and attitudes towards MPC processes and expectations of interest rates were also asked. The respondents were also requested to state whether or not they were satisfied with the way the Central Bank of Nigeria is doing its job of setting interest rates in order to control inflation. Furthermore, households focus on particular types of goods and services when Survey involves thinking about inflation. Therefore, their responses may vary because respondents are face-to-face thinking about inflation as it relates to their own patterns of spending in addition to media interviews of reports about price trends. The household understanding of the transmission mechanism of randomly monetary policy may also be another factor to be considered in their opinion about inflaselected tion. respondents
  5. 5 3 .0 Inflation The respondents were asked what would become of the Nigerian economy if prices started to rise faster then they do now. The survey result showed that 50.4 per cent of the respondents believed that the economy would end up weaker, while 13.5 per cent stated that it would be stronger. Also, 18.6 per cent of the respondents believed it would make a little difference. The responses suggest considerable support for price stability, as more respondents were of the view that inflation is inimical to economic growth (Table 1, Question 3). 80.0 80.0 70.0 70.0 60.0 60.0 50.0 50.0 40.0 40.0 30.0 30.0 20.0 Diffusion Index Diffusion Index Majority of respondents believed that the economy would end up weaker if prices start to rise faster than they do now When asked to say how prices have changed over the past 12 months, respondents gave a median answer of 6.8 per cent, which is higher than the previous quarters. (Table 1, Question 1). Of the total respondents, 9.2 per cent thought prices had gone down or not changed, while 62.1 per cent felt that prices had risen by at least 3.0 per cent and 11.1 per cent felt that prices inched up by more than 1.0 per cent 20.0 Public Perception Inflation Index 10.0 Public Expectation Inflation Index 0.0 Q2 2009 Q3 2009 Q4 2009 Q1 2010 Q2 2010 Q3 2010 Q4 2010 Q1 2011 Q2 2011 Q3 2011 Q4 2011 Q1 2012 Q2 2012 Q3 2012 Q4 2012 Q1 2013 Q2 2013 Q3 2013 Q4 2013 Q1 2014 Q2 2014 Q3 2014 Q4 2014 Q1 2015 Q2 2015 Q3 2015 Q4 2015 Q1 2016 Q2 2016 Q3 2016 Q4 2016 Q1 2017 0.0 10.0 Fig 1: Households perception/ expectations of price changes in the past one year/ next one year but less than 3.0 per cent. Those that had no idea were 17.6 per cent. Majority of respondents were of the view that the governmentanticipated moderation of inflation rate to about 9.4 per cent by end December 2017 was too high Respondents’ median expectations of the price changes over the next 12 months (Table 1, Question 2) was that prices would inch up by 1.8 per cent. The views of the respondents on Question 2, on how much they expect prices in the shops generally to change over the next 12 months, showed that 30.6 per cent expect prices to rise by at least 3 per cent in the next 12 months; compared with the 16.6 per cent of respondents that expect prices to rise by more than 1 per cent but less than 3 per cent in the next 12 months. Similarly, 33.3 per cent of the respondents were optimistic that prices over the next 12 months would either go down or remain the same. This shows that a third of the respondents thought that prices were not likely to rise. Informed in Question 4 that the Government had anticipated a moderation of inflation rate to about 9.4 per cent by end December 2017, 20.9 per cent of the respondents thought that the target was about right, 39.9 per cent believed it was too high, 17.2 per cent said it was too low while the rest 22.0 per cent had no idea.
  6. 6 4 .0 Interest Rates The percentage of respondent households (Table1, Question 5) who felt that interest rates had risen in the last 12 months rose by 7.2 percentage points to 54.6 in the current quarter, compared to 47.4 attained in Q1, 2016. On the other hand, 13.0 per cent of respondents believed that interest rates had fallen, while 16.0 per cent of the respondents were of the opinion that the rates stayed about the same in the last 12 months. Also 16.4 per cent of the households had no idea. The result revealed that majority of households perceived that interest on bank loans and savings rose over the past 12 months. 54.6 per cent of households perceived that interest on bank loans and savings rose over the past 12 months On whether interest rates on bank loans and savings would rise or fall over the next 12 months (Table 1, Question 6), 38.3 per cent of the respondents were of the view that the rates will rise, while 29.3 per cent believed that the rates will fall. The net rise value of 9.0 per cent was achieved compared to -0.5 per cent attained in the corresponding quarter of 2016. A little less than one-third of the respondents either expected no change or had no idea. As illustrated in Fig. 2, the public expectation on interest rate index has been consistently lower than their 60.0 60.0 Public Perception Interest Index Public Expectation Interest Index 40.0 40.0 30.0 30.0 20.0 20.0 10.0 10.0 0.0 0.0 -10.0 Q2 2009 Q3 2009 Q4 2009 Q1 2010 Q2 2010 Q3 2010 Q4 2010 Q1 2011 Q2 2011 Q3 2011 Q4 2011 Q1 2012 Q2 2012 Q3 2012 Q4 2012 Q1 2013 Q2 2013 Q3 2013 Q4 2013 Q1 2014 Q2 2014 Q3 2014 Q4 2014 Q1 2015 Q2 2015 Q3 2015 Q4 2015 Q1 2016 Q2 2016 Q3 2016 Q4 2016 Q1 2017 -10.0 More than one-third of the respondents expect interest rates to rise over the next 12 months 50.0 Diffusion Index Diffusion Index 50.0 Fig. 2: Households perception/ expectations of interest rate changes in the past one year/ next one year perception, indicating that the public has greater confidence in the ability of the monetary authority to control inflation. Respondents were asked whether it would be best for them personally for interest rates to rise or fall (Table 1, Question 8). Their answers showed that 55.7 per cent indicated that it would be best for them personally if interest rates goes down, 17.4 per cent indicated it would make no difference, while 15.8 per cent of the respondents opted for higher interest rates. The results further revealed that 11.1 per cent had no idea. Similarly, the respondents were asked whether it would be best for the Nigerian economy for interest rates to rise or fall (Table 1, Question 7). Their answers showed that 40.3 per cent indicated that it would be best for the Nigerian economy if interest rates fall, while 19.1 per cent of the respondents opted for higher interest
  7. 7 The responses to questions 7 and 8 revealed that many people favored lower interest rates for the Nigerian economy . The high lending rates by commercial banks, which discourage borrowing that serves as a catalyst for industrial and economic 10.0 10.0 Interest rate diffusion Index: Household 0.0 0.0 -10.0 -20.0 -20.0 -30.0 -30.0 -40.0 -40.0 -50.0 -50.0 -60.0 -60.0 -70.0 -70.0 Diffusion Index -10.0 Q2 2009 Q3 2009 Q4 2009 Q1 2010 Q2 2010 Q3 2010 Q4 2010 Q1 2011 Q2 2011 Q3 2011 Q4 2011 Q1 2012 Q2 2012 Q3 2012 Q4 2012 Q1 2013 Q2 2013 Q3 2013 Q4 2013 Q1 2014 Q2 2014 Q3 2014 Q4 2014 Q1 2015 Q2 2015 Q3 2015 Q4 2015 Q1 2016 Q2 2016 Q3 2016 Q4 2016 Q1 2017 40.3 per cent of respondents reported that it would be best for the Nigerian economy if interest rates fell Diffusion Index Interest rate diffusion Index: Nigerian Economy Fig. 3: Households perception/ expectations of interest rate changes in the past one year/ next one year 5.0 Interest Rate-Inflation Nexus development, could be responsible for the respondents holding such views. Question 9 (Table 1) was designed to measure people’s understanding of how interest rates would affect changes in prices. On what impact a rise in interest rates in the short and medium terms would have on prices, over half of the respondents (51.9 per cent) agreed that a rise in interest rates would make prices in the street rise more slowly in the short term, as against 17.8 per cent that disagreed. While in the medium term, 46.7 per cent agreed that a rise in interest rates would make prices in the street rise more slowly, and 20.9 per cent disagreed (See Fig. 4). 50.0 45 45.0 40 40.0 35 35.0 30 30.0 25 25.0 20 20.0 15 Short Term Interest Rate - Price Nexus 10 5 15.0 10.0 Medium term Interest Rate Price Nexus 0 5.0 0.0 Fig. 4: Households perception of the impact of interest rate rise on prices in short and medium term Diffusion Index 50 Q2 2009 Q3 2009 Q4 2009 Q1 2010 Q2 2010 Q3 2010 Q4 2010 Q1 2011 Q2 2011 Q3 2011 Q4 2011 Q1 2012 Q2 2012 Q3 2012 Q4 2012 Q1 2013 Q2 2013 Q3 2013 Q4 2013 Q1 2014 Q2 2014 Q3 2014 Q4 2014 Q1 2015 Q2 2015 Q3 2015 Q4 2015 Q1 2016 Q2 2016 Q3 2016 Q4 2016 Q1 2017 Given a trade-off between inflation and interest rate, majority of respondents (51.9 per cent) would prefer higher interest rates to higher inflation Diffusion Index Question 10 asked respondents to choose between raising interest rates to keep inflation down, and keeping interest rates down and allowing prices to rise faster. Responding, 44.7
  8. 8 These responses suggest that given a trade-off , majority of the people would accept higher interest rates rather than higher inflation with a ratio of more than two to one; which is suggestive of the respondent households’ support for the 60 60.0 50 50.0 40 40.0 30 30.0 20 20.0 10 10.0 0.0 Q2 2009 Q3 2009 Q4 2009 Q1 2010 Q2 2010 Q3 2010 Q4 2010 Q1 2011 Q2 2011 Q3 2011 Q4 2011 Q1 2012 Q2 2012 Q3 2012 Q4 2012 Q1 2013 Q2 2013 Q3 2013 Q4 2013 Q1 2014 Q2 2014 Q3 2014 Q4 2014 Q1 2015 Q2 2015 Q3 2015 Q4 2015 Q1 2016 Q2 2016 Q3 2016 Q4 2016 Q1 2017 0 Diffusion Index Prices to rise faster Diffusion Index Most respondents are aware that the Monetary Policy Committee is responsible for setting interest rate levels Interest rates to rise Fig. 5: Households choice between interest rate and inflation 6.0 Opinions on the Central Bank of Nigeria Majority of the respondents (73.8 per cent ) were aware that CBN influences the direction of interest rate Bank’s price stability objective (see Fig. 5). Questions 11 and 12 (Table 1) assess whether people are aware of the way monetary policy works in Nigeria. Question 11 asked respondents if they knew which group of people meet to set Nigeria’s monetary policy rate. Responding, 52.7 per cent felt it was the Monetary Policy Committee, as against 15.6 per cent for Federal Ministry of Finance, 10.1 per cent who believed it was the Government, 5.9 per cent felt it was the National Assembly, 2.8 and 13.0 per cent answered ‘others’ and ‘do not know’, respectively. Question 12 then prompted respondents to identify which group mostly influences the direction of interest rates. The result indicated that majority of the respondents (73.8 per cent) were aware that the Central Bank of Nigeria influences the direction of interest rates. Other respondents stated that the Government (6.4 per cent) influences interest rates, 7.2 and 3.2 per cent of the respondents were of the opinion that civil servants and other banks influence the rates, respectively, while 9.4 per cent had no idea. These proportions have not significantly changed in the series since the commencement of the survey in 2009. Responding to Question 13 (Table 1) about the nature of the Monetary Policy Committee, 29.5 per cent felt that the Committee was a body wholly owned and appointed by the Government, 26.2 per cent believed that it was an independent body partly appointed by the Government, while 8.7 per cent thought that it was completely independent.
  9. 9 Question 14 (Table 1) asks if respondents were satisfied with the CBN’s approach in setting interest rates in order to control inflation. The net satisfaction index, which is the proportion satisfied minus the proportion dissatisfied, was 32.7 per cent compared with 49.1 per cent recorded in Q1 2016. Among the satisfied group, 18.6 per cent were ‘very satisfied’ while 30.1 were ‘fairly satisfied’. However, 17.9 per cent were ‘neither satisfied nor dissatisfied’, whereas 15.9 per cent were ‘very dissatisfied’. Those who had no idea accounted for 11.4 per cent of the respondents (see Fig. 6). 48.7 per cent of the respondents were satisfied with the way CBN is influencing the direction of interest rates to control inflation Q1 2017 Q4 2016 No idea Customer Satisfaction Index Very dissatisfied Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied Satisfied Very satisfied 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 Percent Fig. 6: Households assessment of CBN on its role in controlling inflation 35 40
  10. 10 TABLE 1 SUMMARY OF RESULTS INFLATION ATTITUDES SURVEY Q3 2015 Q4 2015 Q1 2016 Q2 2016 Q3 2016 Q4 2016 Q .1 Which of these options best describes how prices have changed over the last 12 months? Gone down Not changed Up by 1% but less than 3% Up by 3% or above No idea Median (%) 6.9 21.8 24.0 35.4 11.8 2.3 10.4 23.0 21.5 30.0 15.0 1.8 9.6 17.9 23.4 35.9 13.2 2.4 8.8 13.5 14.7 50.1 12.9 3.9 7.4 13.7 16.0 53.3 9.6 4.0 6.9 13.7 12.6 54.8 12.0 4.7 Q1 2017 2.3 6.9 11.1 62.1 17.6 6.8 Q. 2 How much would you expect prices in the shops generally to change over the next 12 months Would Go down Not changed Up by 1% but less than 3% Up by 3% or above No idea Median (%) 29.3 16.8 21.9 17 14.9 0.7 33.7 16.2 19.1 15 16.1 0.2 24.2 15.8 22.9 22.3 14.8 1.2 30.1 15.4 17.9 21.9 14.8 0.7 26.4 12.9 18.9 26.6 15.2 1.3 26.9 13.1 19.4 24.7 15.9 1.2 21.2 12.1 16.6 30.6 19.5 1.8 Q. 3 If prices started to rise faster than they do now, do you think Nigeria's economy would…? End up stronger Or make little difference Or weak Don't know 12.9 25.7 42.8 18.7 12.7 23.8 42.1 21.5 13.2 25.5 45.1 16.2 11.8 23.9 46.4 18.0 10.9 22 50.4 16.7 10.4 20.4 48.4 20.9 13.5 18.6 50.4 17.4 Q. 4 The Government in this years budget anticipated an inflation rate of 6-9%. What do you think of this rate ? Too high 35.3 32.3 37.9 35.8 40.8 40.8 39.9 17.3 17.4 15.5 16.6 15.7 17.3 17.2 Or about right 23.4 20.9 23.8 24.0 21.8 18.9 20.9 No idea 24.0 29.4 22.6 23.6 21.7 22.9 22.0 Or too low Q. 5 How would you say interest on bank loans and savings have changed over the last 12 months? Risen a lot Risen a little Stayed about the same Fallen a little Fallen a lot No idea 25.1 24.5 21.7 6.4 3.5 18.8 24.7 24.3 19.6 7.3 2.5 21.6 23.9 23.5 19.8 9.0 4.3 19.4 28.8 21.7 16.3 8.9 3.8 20.5 26.6 23.6 18.1 7.7 4.4 19.6 31.5 23.3 15.4 7.3 4.9 17.6 30.0 24.6 16.0 8.2 4.8 16.4 Total saying 'rise' Total saying 'fall' Net rise 49.6 9.9 39.7 49.0 9.8 39.2 47.4 13.3 34.1 50.5 12.7 37.8 50.2 12.1 38.1 54.8 12.2 42.6 54.6 13.0 41.7 Q. 6 How would you expect interest rates to change over the next 12 months? Rise a lot Rise a little Stay about the same Fall a little Fall a lot No idea 12.6 20.7 18.6 22.2 10.3 15.6 11.7 20.7 17.9 22.7 10.2 16.8 13.3 22.2 17.6 21.5 11.0 14.3 13.2 19 18.4 21.2 11.1 17.1 17.5 19.3 18.7 18.4 9.2 16.9 17.9 19.5 16.9 19.2 11.6 14.9 16.4 21.9 17.4 18.7 10.5 15.1 Total saying 'rise' Total saying 'fall' Net rise 33.3 32.5 0.8 32.4 32.9 -0.5 35.5 32.5 3.0 32.2 32.3 -0.1 36.8 27.6 9.2 37.4 30.8 6.6 38.3 29.3 9.0 Q. 7 What do you think would be best for the NIgerian economy - for interest rates to go up over the next few months, or to go down, or to stay where they are now, or would it make no diffrence either way? Go up Go down Make no difference No idea 18.4 43.1 21.6 16.7 18.0 42.2 20.9 18.9 17.4 40.9 26.1 15.5 18.7 39.4 22.7 19.1 21.7 41.1 19.5 17.7 20.4 40.9 20.6 18.1 19.1 40.3 23.2 17.3 18.0 55.7 16.3 10.0 18.6 57 14.8 9.6 15.8 55.7 17.4 11.1 Q. 8 And which would be best for you personally, for interest rates to… Go up Go down Make no difference No idea 16.3 56.3 16.9 10.4 14.8 56.8 17.6 10.7 16.5 57.8 17.0 8.8 15.0 55.9 19.2 9.9
  11. 11 TABLE 1 (Continued) SUMMARY OF RESULTS INFLATION ATTITUDES SURVEY Q3 2015 Q4 2015 Q1 2016 Q2 2016 Q3 2016 Q4 2016 Q1 2017 Q. 9 How strongly do you agree with the following statements? A rise in interest rates would make prices in the street rise more slowly in the (a) short term - say a month or two, Agree strongly Agree Neither agree nor disagree Disagree Disagree strongly Don't know 19.1 37.7 18.1 10.7 3.6 10.7 19.9 37.3 16.4 10.5 4.3 11.6 20.1 35.1 19.7 12.0 2.5 10.5 22.9 34.4 17.4 10.6 4.2 10.5 22.4 33.8 17.4 11.7 3.9 10.7 24.0 28.4 18.6 13.2 5.1 10.7 22.1 29.8 18.6 13.8 4.0 11.7 Total agree Total disagree Net agree 56.8 14.3 42.5 57.2 14.8 42.4 55.2 14.5 40.7 57.3 14.8 42.5 56.2 15.6 40.6 52.4 18.3 34.1 51.9 17.8 34.0 b) A rise in interest rates would make prices in the street rise more slowly in the medium term - say a year or two Agree strongly Agree Neither agree nor disagree Disagree Disagree strongly Don't know Total agree Total disagree Net agree 15.5 35.5 17.1 13.2 5.2 13.5 15.7 32.6 16.6 15.3 5.9 13.8 17.3 33.4 19.4 14.0 4.6 11.3 15.6 31.7 16.7 16.0 5.8 14.2 15.9 30.4 18.6 16.0 6.6 12.6 17.2 28.9 19.5 16.3 4.7 13.3 17.7 29.0 18.4 14.8 6.07 14.0 51.0 48.3 50.7 47.3 46.3 46.1 46.7 18.4 32.6 21.2 27.1 18.6 32.1 21.8 25.5 22.6 23.7 21.0 25.1 20.9 25.9 Q. 10 If a choice had to be made, either to raise interest rates to try to keep inflation down; or keep interest rates down and allow prices in the shops to rise faster, which would you prefer ? Interest rates to rise 45.5 45.6 46.0 45.0 43.4 45.7 44.7 Prices to rise faster 21.2 16.7 22.1 20.2 21.3 20.3 18.6 No idea 33.0 37.5 31.7 34.8 35.2 33.9 36.5 Q. 11 Every other month, a group of people meet to set Nigeria's basic interest rate level. Do you know what this group is? Monetary Policy Committee The Government Federal Ministry of Finance National Assembly Others Don't know 48.4 14.8 15.1 5.9 2.2 13.6 52.0 11.7 15.1 4.9 2.0 14.4 53.0 10.0 16.2 5.7 1.9 13.2 52.0 11.8 13.6 6.0 1.9 14.7 50.4 12.0 15.4 6.6 2.1 13.5 53.0 9.6 16.2 5.7 1.9 13.6 52.7 10.1 15.6 5.9 2.8 13.0 6.4 Q. 12 Which of these groups do you think sets the interest rates? Government ministers Civil servants CBN Other banks No idea 5.4 4.9 5.2 7.1 7.6 8.1 7.2 5.9 5.3 7.0 7.3 5.4 7.2 73.7 4.8 8.8 75.0 4.5 9.6 78.6 2.8 8.1 72.3 3.0 10.5 71.8 3.6 9.7 73.4 3.8 9.4 73.8 3.2 9.4 24.9 25.8 24.7 10.1 14.4 22.1 30.4 25.0 10.0 12.5 20.6 29.5 26.2 8.7 15.0 Q. 13 In fact, the decisions are taken by the Monetary Policy Committee of the Central Bank of Nigeria. Which of these do you think best describes the Monetary Policy Committee? Part of the Government 23.4 23.0 A Body wholly owned appointed by the Government29.6 28.9 An independent body, partly appointed by the Government 25.3 24.7 A completely independent body partly appointed by 10.7 the Government 10.5 No idea 10.9 13.0 20.5 29.3 28.6 9.7 11.9 25.1 27.7 24.4 10.8 12.0 Q. 14 Overall, how satisfied or dissatisfied are you with the way the Central Bank of Nigeria is doing its job to set interest rates in order to control inflation? Very satisfied Fairly satisfied Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied Very dissatisfied No idea 22.9 41.0 15.3 12.1 8.7 25.6 39.5 15.2 9.3 10.3 21.0 39.8 16.9 11.7 10.6 23.8 38.7 17.5 11.5 8.5 24.9 25.8 24.7 10.1 14.4 20.3 37.8 19.1 11.9 11 18.6 30.1 17.9 15.9 11.4 Total satisfied Total dissatisfied Net satisfied 63.9 12.1 51.8 65.1 9.3 55.8 60.8 11.7 49.1 62.5 11.5 51.0 50.7 10.1 40.6 58.1 11.9 46.2 48.7 15.9 32.7