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Zambia: Central bank policy rate

Percent · 1965–2020 · 52 observations · cbrate

2020
16.4%percent
Change on 2019
−3.0 pointsfrom 19.4%
Average, 2011–2020
15.0%10 years
Record high and low
72.5% (1993)low 4.50% (1965)

Central bank policy rate

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Recent values

Percent

YearValue
202016.4
201919.4
201816.3
201711.5
201620.5
201516.9
201417.2
201312.1
201210.4
20119.71

Sources

  • Grimm1965–2020
  • IMF International Financial Statistics1965–2020

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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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