Throughout the session of the Financial Board (JM) comparable to the month of Could and held immediately to know the choice of the Main Financial Coverage Rate of interest, this was left at 5%, a degree that has been maintained since April 2023.
Throughout a press convention, Álvaro González Ricci and Alfredo Blanco Valdés, president and vice chairman of the Financial institution of Guatemala (Banguat), introduced that the choice was unanimous following analyzing the nationwide and worldwide context, in addition to the preliminary conclusions of the overview. annual report of the Worldwide Financial Fund (IMF) to Guatemala’s indicators.
It was reported that, in line with the IMF, the worldwide economic system has proven vital resilience, regardless of appreciable rate of interest changes by central banks in developed economies, in addition to excessive ranges of geopolitical uncertainty.
On this space, the projections for world financial progress are at 3.2%, up to now, for the years 2024 and 2025, however they reiterated that, though the prospects for world financial progress stay optimistic, related downward dangers persist as a result of escalation of some conflicts and the persistence of inflation in lots of nations in Europe and North America.
As for the worldwide value of oil, it stays variable, though a attainable upward development is predicted if the aforementioned situations don’t enhance or the demand for vitality will increase.
Concerning native situations, the JM signifies that a lot of the short-term indicators of financial exercise (IMAE, ICAE, international change revenue from household remittances and financial institution credit score to the personal sector, amongst others), register a efficiency in step with the estimate of annual financial progress anticipated for each 2024 and 2025, within the vary of three.5% to three.6%, respectively.
In April, inflation stood at 3.36%, pressured by the transportation and meals divisions, registering an acceleration in comparison with March, when it stood at 3.24%. The forecasts point out that in 2024 and 2025 it will keep a trajectory throughout the purpose (4% plus/minus 1%), a state of affairs that’s in step with sustaining the main financial coverage rate of interest at 5%.
Abstract
From Could 2022 up to now, the main charge has risen from 1.75% to five%:
- From January to April 2022: 1.75%
- Mayo 2022: 2%
- June 2022: 2.25%
- August 2022: 2.75%
- September 2022: 3%
- November 2022:3.75
- January 2023: 4.25%
- February 2023: 4.50%
- March 2023: 4.75%
- April 2023: 5%
- Mayo 2023: 5%
- June 2023: 5%
- August 2023: 5%
- September 2023: 5%
- November 2023: 5%
- February 2024: 5%
- March 2024: 5%
- April 2024: 5%
- Mayo 2024: 5%
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