Central Bank of Armenia again raises refinancing rate by 0.5 percentage points

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YEREVAN, November 1. /ARKA/. Armenian Central Bank’s Board made a decision today to raise the refinancing rate by 0.5 percentage points and set it at 10.5%.

According to the press service of the Central Bank, the Lombard repo rate was also increased to 12% and the borrowing rate was increased to 9%.

On September 13, 2022, the regulator had already raised the key rate by 0.5 percentage points setting it at 10%. -0-

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