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Costa Rica: Central bank policy rate

Percent · 1952–2025 · 61 observations · forecasts to 2026 · cbrate

2025
3.25%percent
Change on 2024
−1.3 pointsfrom 4.56%
Average, 2016–2025
3.76%10 years
Record high and low
34.0% (1999)low 0.875% (2020)

Central bank policy rate

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Recent values

Percent

YearValue
20263.75Forecast
20253.25
20244.56
20237.00
20226.38
20210.875
20200.875
20194.00
20185.06
20173.88
20161.75

Sources

  • Grimm1952–2022
  • ECLAC2006–2021
  • OECD Economic Outlook2006–2025
  • IMF International Financial Statistics2007–2025
  • OECD Economic Outlook (forecast)2025–2027

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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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