(Business in Cameroon) – On June 10, 2025, the Bank of Central African States (BEAC) once again increased the volume of its liquidity injection for commercial banks in the CEMAC zone. The central bank raised its offering from 420 billion to 430 billion CFA francs, yet many credit institutions remained unsatisfied.
Results from this liquidity injection operation into the subregional banking system show that commercial banks submitted requests totaling 513.3 billion CFA francs. This exposed a shortfall of 83.3 billion CFA francs between the offered supply and the demand. This operation marks one of the largest refinancing requests ever recorded from CEMAC financial institutions in BEAC’s monetary operations.
The surge in demand from commercial banks for BEAC liquidity, a trend observed over recent months, reflects growing credit needs within the subregion. This trend can be partially attributed to the BEAC’s recent easing of refinancing conditions.
On March 24, 2025, the central bank reduced its key interest rates for the first time since late 2021. This policy shift, following several successive rate hikes aimed at tightening access to credit for economic agents, was implemented in an effort to stimulate refinancing among commercial banks and, by extension, support CEMAC economies.
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