UAE, other Gulf central banks follow Fed to raise key rates

The Central Bank of the UAE (CBUAE) has chosen to raise the Base Rate appropriate to the Overnight Deposit Facility (ODF) by 75 premise focuses, powerful from Thursday, 16 June 2022.

This choice was taken following the US Federal Reserve Board’s declaration on 15 June 2022 to build the Interest on Reserve Balances (IORB) by 75 premise focuses.

The CBUAE additionally has chosen to keep up with the rate pertinent to acquiring transient liquidity from the CBUAE through all standing credit offices at 50 premise focuses over the Base Rate.

The Base Rate, which is secured to the US Federal Reserve’s IORB, signals the overall position of the CBUAE’s money related strategy. It likewise gives a powerful loan cost floor for the time being currency market rates.

The Saudi Central Bank chose to raise the Repurchase Agreement (Repo) rate by 0.5 percent to 2.25 percent from a past 1.75 percent, and the Reverse Repurchase Agreement (Reverse Repo) rate by 0.5 percent to 1.75 percent from a past 1.25 percent.

The Central Bank of Bahrain (CBB) chose to raise its key arrangement loan fee on the one-week store office from 1.75% to 2.50%.

The CBB has likewise chosen to raise the short-term store rate from 1.50% to 2.25%, the four-week store rate from 2.50% to 3.25% and the loaning rates from 3.00% to 3.75%.

The Central Bank of Kuwait (CBK) will raise the rebate rate by 0.25 percent from 2.00 percent to 2.25 percent as of Thursday, as per reports.

The Central Bank of Qatar said it raised its fundamental store rate by 75 premise focuses (bps) to 2.25%, moving pair with the Federal Reserve climb.

CBQ likewise raised its repo rate by 75 bps to 2.5% and lifted its loaning rate by 50 bps to 3.25%, it said in an explanation.