Meeting at headquarters of the central bank, in Dakar, the members of the monetary policy committee, which represent the eight member States of UEMOA, decided to maintain their current levels of three key rates, including the key rate main.

The CPM maintained at 5.25% its interest rate on the marginal lending window, the interest rate What commercial banks pay when they borrow cash with the BCEAO style="font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: "Bookman Old Style”, serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman”; mso-bidi-font-family:arial; color:black; mso-color-alt:windowtext; mso-fareast-language: EN">. The coefficient of mandatory reserves applicable to banks of the West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA) is maintained at 3%. He This is the percentage of deposits that commercial banks must hold in reserve with the BCEAO style="font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: "Bookman Old Style”, serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman”; mso-bidi-font-family:arial; color:black; mso-color-alt:windowtext; mso-fareast-language: EN">.

According to Jean-Claude Kassi Brou, the governor of the BCEAO style="font-size:14.0pt; font-family: "Bookman Old Style”, serif; mso-fareast-font-family: “Times New Roman”; mso-bidi-font-family:arial; color:black; mso-color-alt:windowtext; mso-fareast-language:en">, decisions are the result of evolutionary analysis recent economic activity, prices and the external situation of UEMOA, short-term prospects as well.

For the year 2025, the increase in real gross domestic product in UEMOA is estimated at 6.3%, according to the central bank. She recalls that it was the same level in 2024.