Republic of the Congo policy interest rate
Taux d'Interet des Appels d'Offres (TIAO), the principal policy rate of the Banque des Etats de l'Afrique Centrale, applicable union-wide to all six CEMAC member states including the Republic of the Congo.
| Current value | 4.5 percent |
|---|---|
| In force from | 2026-06-29 |
| Official source | BEAC, Decision N. 01/CPM/2026 du 29 juin 2026 portant fixation des taux directeurs de la BEAC (Comite de Politique Monetaire, seance du 29 juin 2026, Yaounde), signed Yvon Sana Bangui |
| Last verified | 2026-07-20 |
| Verification | primary — No verification limitation recorded — read from the official source cited. |
| Provenance | source fingerprint |
What this value means
Congo-Brazzaville has NO national policy rate. Monetary policy is set for the whole CEMAC zone by BEAC; the same TIAO applies identically in Cameroon, CAR, Chad, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon and Congo. Decision 01/CPM/2026 lowered the TIAO from 4.75% to 4.50%, the marginal lending facility rate from 6.25% to 5.75%, and reserve requirement coefficients from 7.00% to 6.50% (sight liabilities) and 4.50% to 4.00% (term liabilities); the deposit facility rate was held at 0.00%. The decision text states no separate entry-into-force date, so effective_from is the date of the decision itself (29 June 2026). ACCESS QUIRK: the BEAC decision and press-release PDFs are SCANNED IMAGES with no text layer - they were rendered to images and read visually. The beac.int homepage rate widget currently displays 'Aucun taux d'interet disponible', so the decision PDF under /politique-monetaire/decisions-de-politique-monetaire/ is the only reliable primary. Currency note: the XAF (Central African CFA franc, BEAC) is a SEPARATE currency from the West African XOF (BCEAO), though both are pegged to the euro at 655.957.
Get it programmatically
curl https://afriref.dev/v1/cg/policy-rate
# $0.001 per call — x402 on Base (USDC). No key, no signup.
# History: curl https://afriref.dev/v1/cg/policy-rate/history?from=2020-01-01
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