Economic news of December 18, 2025

Economic news

| MOROCCO | PORT TRAFFIC | An increase of 6% at the end of October 2025

At the end of October 2025, traffic carried through the ports managed by the National Ports Agency (ANP) reached an overall volume of 87.0 million tons, showing an increase of 6.0% compared to the same period of the previous year.

| CEMAC | MONETARY POLICY | BEAC raised its key rate by 25 BPS

Following its last monetary policy meeting, the Bank of Central African States (BEAC) decided to raise the Interest rate for tenders from 4.5% to 4.75% and the marginal lending facility rate from 6.0% to 6.25%. Meanwhile, the financial institution kept unchanged the deposit facility rate at 0.0% and the minimum reserve coefficients at 7.0% on due on demand and 4.5% on term payable.