Interest Rates Go Up

The Basic Passive Rate rose from 5.55% to 5.70%, while the Effective Rate in Dollars also rose, in this case from 2.27% to 2.47%.

Wednesday, December 18, 2019

The Central Bank of Costa Rica published on the afternoon of Wednesday, December 18 that after registering no changes the previous week, the Basic Passive Rate rose by 0.15%, and will remain at 5.70% until next Wednesday, December 25.

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

The Central Bank also informed that after the 0.16% drop in the Effective Rate in Dollars (TED), registered last week, it has increased and will be at 2.47% during the next 7 days.

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