Effective Rate in Dollars Still Rising

In Costa Rica, the Effective Dollar Rate registered an increase for the second consecutive week, in this case from 2.49% to 2.54%.

Wednesday, January 22, 2020

The Central Bank of Costa Rica published on Wednesday afternoon, January 22 that for the current week the Basic Passive Rate will remain unchanged, and will be at 5.75% until next Wednesday, January 29.

The Basic Passive Rate is an average of the collection rates in colones of the financial institutions at terms of 150 to 210 days.

The Central Bank also informed that after the rise reported last week, the Effective Rate in Dollars (TED) registered another increase and will be at 2.54% during the next 7 days.

The TED is a gross weighted average of the interest rates of term deposits in dollars, of the different groups of intermediary financial entities.

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