Armenian Central Bank to release its 2nd Q report on inflation

YEREVAN, May 22. /ARKA/. The Central Bank of Armenia will release tomorrow its 2nd Q inflation report that also includes the program of its monetary policy, which will be more expansionary, since inflation and economic activity outlooks are lower than before, the regulator’s press office reports.

On May 13, the central bank lowered the refinancing rate by 0.25 percentage points to 7.25%.
The report will be available on the regulator’s official website. —0—

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