Original reporting: Ange Adihe Kasongo. Original writing: Ayen Deng Bior. Afrikons summary; external journalists retain their original affiliations.
Democratic Republic of Congo’s central bank has kept its policy interest rate at 12.5%, Reuters reports.
The bank announced the decision following a monetary policy committee meeting in a statement on Thursday.
The decision concerns the central bank’s policy rate. It should not be read as the interest rate available on every commercial loan.
The headline records one policy decision on one date. Readers comparing borrowing terms should distinguish this benchmark from the conditions quoted on a specific financial product.
The decision leaves the central bank’s policy setting unchanged, rather than fixing the rate on every commercial loan.
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