Last Friday, the Monetary Policy Committee of the Central Bank of Congo (BCC) maintained its key rate, after a meeting chaired by the governor of this financial institution in Kinshasa.

A statement from the Central Bank of Congo states that “the Monetary Policy Committee has renewed the option of sustained monetary policy caution. In this perspective, the BCC key rate is maintained at 25% and the mandatory reserve coefficients on demand and term deposits in national currencies remain unchanged at 12% and 0%; and those applied to cash and term deposits in foreign currencies remain at 13% and 12%, respectively”. The document states that the Monetary Policy Committee has taken note of the strengthening of the stability of the macroeconomic framework observed since June 2024. He justified this stability by the impact of prudent monetary policy and government measures to reduce the cost of living, as well as by the effects of exchange rate stability in recent months.

The statement also states that “the Monetary Policy Committee noted the strengthening of the stability of the macroeconomic framework observed since the second half of 2024. Thus, the inflation rate, year-on-year, stood at 8.4% at the end of June 2025, compared to 20.7% at the same period in 2024.” In the first half of 2025, the depreciation of the Congolese Franc was, in fact, 0.9% on the interbank market and 0.2% on the parallel market, respectively, compared to a discount of 6% on both market segments in the corresponding period of 2024

The Monetary Policy Committee promised to continue to closely monitor internal and external economic developments and related risk factors. It will take any corrective measures necessary to consolidate the stability of the macroeconomic framework. The next regular meeting of the Committee is scheduled for 14 October 2025.