Burkina Faso Policy rate (BCEAO taux minimum de soumission)
Burkina Faso Policy rate (BCEAO taux minimum de soumission) is 3 percent, in force since 16 Mar 2026, cited to BCEAO, Communiqué de presse n°03/2026 de la réunion ordinaire du Comité de Politique. Last checked against the official source on 29 Oct 2026.
Official source: BCEAO, Communiqué de presse n°03/2026 de la réunion ordinaire du Comité de Politique Monétaire tenue le 9 · Last checked 2026-10-29 · source fingerprint
Minimum bid rate on BCEAO weekly and monthly liquidity-injection auctions - the principal policy rate of the Central Bank of West African States, applied uniformly across all eight WAEMU/UEMOA member states including Burkina Faso.
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| Current value | 3 percent |
|---|---|
| In force from | 2026-03-16 |
| Official source | BCEAO, Communiqué de presse n°03/2026 de la réunion ordinaire du Comité de Politique Monétaire tenue le 9 septembre 2026: principal taux directeur maintenu à 3,00% (guichet de prêt marginal 5,00%), niveaux en vigueur depuis le 16 mars 2026 |
| Last verified | 2026-10-29 |
| Verification | primary — No verification limitation recorded — read from the official source cited. |
| Provenance | source fingerprint |
What this value means
Burkina Faso has NO national central bank and NO national policy rate. Monetary policy is set for the whole Union Economique et Monetaire Ouest-Africaine (UEMOA/WAEMU) by the BCEAO Comite de Politique Monetaire in Dakar; the identical rate applies in Benin, Burkina Faso, Cote d'Ivoire, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Niger, Senegal and Togo. At its ordinary meeting of 4 March 2026 the CPM cut the principal policy rate by 25 basis points from 3.25% to 3.00%, and the marginal lending window rate from 5.25% to 5.00%, both effective 16 March 2026. The required-reserve coefficient stays at 3.0%. The CPM met again on 10 June 2026 and held both rates unchanged (3.00% / 5.00%), so 3.00% is the live rate on the last_confirmed date. Independently cross-checked against BCEAO's own weekly auction notices, which state the operative rate on their face: the notice for the 8 June 2026 weekly/monthly injection auction (avis n.23/H/2026, 06/M/2026 and 06/OdR/2026) reads 'Le taux minimum de soumission aux appels d'offres hebdomadaire et mensuel est fixe a 3,0000%, principal taux directeur de la BCEAO'. This value and effective_from reconcile exactly with the Cote d'Ivoire and Senegal files in this dataset, as they must - it is one rate, not three. MEMBERSHIP CAVEAT, verified: Burkina Faso (with Mali and Niger) withdrew from ECOWAS/CEDEAO in January 2025 as part of the Alliance des Etats du Sahel (AES), but that withdrawal did NOT affect UEMOA/BCEAO membership. Burkina Faso remains a full member of the monetary union, keeps the XOF (franc CFA), and remains subject to BCEAO monetary policy; BCEAO continues to publish Burkina Faso auctions and statistics as a member state. Access note: bceao.int is reachable and serves French-language HTML plus PDF communiques; the CPM communique is also mirrored as a PDF under /sites/default/files/2026-03/. Latest-decision check 2026-10-09: the CPM of 9 September 2026 held the principal policy rate at 3,00% (in force since 16 March 2026); citation moved from https://www.bceao.int/fr/communique-presse/reunion-ordinaire-du-comite-de-politique-monetaire-de-la-bceao-tenue-le-10-juin to that latest decision. Value and effective_from unchanged.
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