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Uzbek Central Bank raises refinancing rate

Business Materials 26 June 2017 09:30 (UTC +04:00)
The Board of the Central Bank of Uzbekistan has decided to raise the refinancing rate to 14 percent from 9 percent
Uzbek Central Bank raises refinancing rate

Tashkent, Uzbekistan, June 26

By Demir Azizov– Trend:

The Board of the Central Bank of Uzbekistan has decided to raise the refinancing rate to 14 percent from 9 percent, the press service of the bank said in a message.

“This decision was made due to the acceleration of inflation for the past period and the need to limit the increased inflationary risks,” the message said.

Along with seasonal fluctuations and supply factors, the inflation level was influenced by such monetary factors as the acceleration of lending to the economy and the devaluation of the Uzbek national currency in comparison with the previous year, according to the message.

In these circumstances, the decision to increase the refinancing rate is considered by the Central Bank of Uzbekistan as an effective anti-inflationary measure aimed in particular at limiting the influence of monetary factors on the growth of price level and inflation risks, keeping inflation within the target parameters, ensuring positive real interest rates and balanced conditions for lending to the real sector of the economy, creating the necessary prerequisites for the transition to the regime of floating exchange rate, said the message.

The refinancing rate was lowered from 10 to nine percent in January 2015 in Uzbekistan.

According to statistics, inflation in Uzbekistan was 5.7 percent in 2016 as compared to 5.6 percent in 2015. It is planned to keep inflation within the range of 5.7-6.7 percent in 2017.

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