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Benin: Central bank policy rate

Percent · 1993–2020 · 28 observations · cbrate

2020
2.00%percent
Change on 2019
−0.5 pointsfrom 2.50%
Average, 2011–2020
2.58%10 years
Record high and low
6.00% (1993)low 2.00% (2020)

Central bank policy rate

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Recent values

Percent

YearValue
20202.00
20192.50
20182.50
20172.50
20162.50
20152.50
20142.50
20132.50
20123.00
20113.25

Sources

  • Central Bank of West African States1993–2012
  • IMF International Financial Statistics1993–2020
  • Grimm1999–2020

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Benin documentation (PDF)

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Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →

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