29/01/2026 06:48 AST

The Qatar Central Bank (QCB) announced yesterday that it has kept key lending, deposit, and repo interest rates unchanged, after evaluating the country's current monetary policy.

In a post on its official account on platform X, the Qatar Central Bank stated that the deposit rate (QCBDR) remained at 3.85 percent, while the lending rate (QCBLR) remained at 4.35 percent. The repo rate used for short term liquidity operations also was kept unchanged at 4.10 percent.


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