Central Banks
Mozambique Cuts Key Rate Cautiously as Debt Risks Mount
People walk in front of Mozambique central bank, in Maputo.
Photographer: Jeronimo Muianga/picture alliance/Getty Images
Mozambique’s central bank extended its longest rate-cutting cycle, lowering its benchmark to a record low while warning of risks from the government’s delayed debt payments.
The Banco de Moçambique trimmed the rate, known by its Portuguese acronym Mimo, by 25 basis points to 9.5%, Governor Rogério Zandamela said in a briefing Friday in Maputo, the capital.