Mali BCEAO Minimum Bid Rate (taux minimum de soumission)
Mali BCEAO Minimum Bid Rate (taux minimum de soumission) is 3 percent, in force since 16 Mar 2026. It was 3.25 percent before that. Last checked against the official source on 10 Sep 2026.
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.
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| 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 | 2026-09-10 |
| 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… |
Get it programmatically
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