YEREVAN, May 6. /ARKA/. At its meeting on May 5, the Board of the Central Bank of Armenia left the refinancing rate unchanged – at 6.75%. The Lombard repo rate – 8.25% and the rate for attracting funds – 5.25% were also not changed, the press service of the regulator reported.
Starting from June 2023, this is the second time that the refinancing rate remained unchanged at the meeting on March 18. On June 13, 2023, the Central Bank set the rate at 10.5%, decreasing it by 0.25 percentage points, on August 1 it lowered it to 10.25%, on September 12 – to 9.75%, on October 31 – to 9.5%, on December 12 – to 9.25%, on January 30, 2024 – to 8.75%, on March 12 – to 8.5%, on April 30 – to 8.25%, on June 11 – to 8%, on July 30 – to 7.75%, on September 10 – to 7.50%, on October 29 – to 7.25%, on December 10 – to 7%, and on February 4 – to 6.75%. -0-