Percent rates of long-term deposits of legal entities in august increased by 1.45 p.p. in Armenia

YEREVAN, September 27. /ARKA/. Average percent rate of long-term deposits (more than 1 year) in August for legal entities increased by 1.45 p.p. in July, states the official site of Central Bank of Armenia.

According to the report, average percent rate of dram deposits for legal entities increased by 0.5 p.p. and for foreign currency deposits – by 2.4 p.p. making in average 9.5% and 7.3% respectively.

Average percent rate of dram and foreign currency deposits for physical entities remained unchanged in August – 11.3% and 7.1% respectively. -0-

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