Central Bank of Armenia lowers refinancing rate by 0.25 p.p. to 8.00%

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YEREVAN, 11 June. /ARKA/. The  Central Bank of Armenia Board has lowered today the refinancing rate by another 0.25 percentage points, setting it at 8.00%, the regulator’s press service reported.

It has also decided to lower the Lombard repo rate to 9.50% and the rate of attracting funds to 6.50%.

This is the 9th lowering of the refinancing rate since June last year: -0-

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