Mali policy interest rate
Principal policy rate of the Banque Centrale des Etats de l'Afrique de l'Ouest (BCEAO), the common central bank of the eight-member UEMOA/UMOA monetary union to which Mali belongs. Set by the BCEAO Monetary Policy Committee and applied identically in all member states.
| Current value | 3 percent |
|---|---|
| In force from | 2026-03-16 |
| Official source | BCEAO, Communique de presse - Reunion ordinaire du Comite de Politique Monetaire de la BCEAO tenue le 4 mars 2026 (decision effective 16 mars 2026); reconfirmed unchanged by the CPM of 10 juin 2026 and operationally in Avis d'appel d'offres hebdomadaire d'injection de liquidite n deg 23/H/2026, 06/M/2026 et 06/OdR/2026 du 8 juin 2026 |
| Last verified | 2026-07-20 |
| Verification | primary — No verification limitation recorded — read from the official source cited. |
| Provenance | source fingerprint |
What this value means
Mali has NO national policy rate of its own. Monetary policy is exercised for Mali by the BCEAO on a union-wide basis, so this value is by construction identical to Benin, Burkina Faso, Cote d'Ivoire, Guinea-Bissau, Niger, Senegal and Togo. On 4 March 2026 the Monetary Policy Committee cut rates by 25 basis points effective 16 March 2026: the taux minimum de soumission aux appels d'offres (main refinancing / liquidity-injection auctions) went from 3.25% to 3.00%, and the marginal lending window (guichet de pret marginal) from 5.25% to 5.00%. The required reserve ratio was left at 3.0%. RE-VERIFIED 2026-07-20 against the BCEAO CPM communique of 10 June 2026, which held all rates UNCHANGED (taux minimum de soumission 3.00%, guichet de pret marginal 5.00%, coefficient de reserves obligatoires 3%), and against the live auction notice of 8 June 2026 stating 'Le taux minimum de soumission aux appels d'offres hebdomadaire et mensuel est fixe a 3,0000%, principal taux directeur de la BCEAO.' No BCEAO decision after 10 June 2026 had been published as at 2026-07-20, so 3.00% effective 2026-03-16 remains the operative union rate - consistent with the Cote d'Ivoire and Senegal records. MEMBERSHIP CAVEAT, verified: Mali (with Burkina Faso and Niger) withdrew from ECOWAS/CEDEAO in January 2025 as part of the Alliance des Etats du Sahel (AES), but Mali REMAINED a member of UEMOA/UMOA and of the BCEAO and continues to use the XOF. ECOWAS and UEMOA are distinct organisations; the ECOWAS exit did not affect BCEAO monetary policy applicability to Mali. Access note: bceao.int is reachable and in French; the operative rate is published in per-auction PDF notices rather than a standing rate table, so re-verification should read the latest 'Avis d'appel d'offres' as well as the CPM communique.
Earlier values
| From | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-06-16 | 3.25 | BCEAO, taux minimum de soumission in force until the 4 March |
Get it programmatically
curl https://afriref.dev/v1/ml/policy-rate
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