The Central Bank of Costa Rica published on Wednesday afternoon December 11 that after recording an increase the previous week, the Basic Passive Rate did not change for the next few days and will remain at 5.55% until next December 18.

The basic passive rate is an average of the collection rates in colones of financial institutions with a 150 to 210-day term.

The Central Bank also reported that after rising last week, the Effective Rate in Dollars (TED) recorded a fall of 0.16% and will stand at 2.27% over the next 7 days.

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