{"id":150734,"date":"2025-08-12T17:01:30","date_gmt":"2025-08-12T14:01:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/150734\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"central-bank-justifies-current-refinance-rate-no-plans-to-tighten-monetary-policy","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/150734\/","title":{"rendered":"Central bank: no plans to tighten monetary policy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>August 12, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> Belarusian central bank governor Raman Ha\u0142o\u016d\u010danka has said that the present refinance rate of 9.75 percent is still relevant and \u201creflects the current situation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe are not currently observing symptoms that indicate the inflationary processes in our country are a direct result of monetary factors,\u201d Ha\u0142o\u016d\u010danka said today after a meeting with Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He admitted that the inflation rate is higher than last year, attributing it to international shocks related to the prices of goods and raw materials and other circumstances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe role of purely monetary factors is not decisive, so we do not see any reason to tighten our monetary policy at the moment,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The National Bank raised the refinance rate from 9.5 percent to 9.75 percent in June, citing inflation risks and investment incentives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/nazbank_soyuz_by-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/nazbank_soyuz_by-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/nazbank_soyuz_by-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/nazbank_soyuz_by-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/nazbank_soyuz_by-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/nazbank_soyuz_by.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> \u042d\u043a\u043e\u043d\u043e\u043c\u0438\u043a\u0430<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">\u042d\u043a\u043e\u043d\u043e\u043c\u0438\u043a\u0430<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">\u0141uka\u0161enka: banks should not have \u201cextra\u201d money<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">August 12, Pozirk. A part of profits from banks operating in Belarus will be directed to finance the economy, Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka has told central bank\u2019s head Raman Ha\u0142o\u016d\u010danka, the Belarusian ruler\u2019s press office reports. The growth of total profits of &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/150693\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read the article<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>August 12, Pozirk. Belarusian central bank governor Raman Ha\u0142o\u016d\u010danka has said that the present refinance rate of 9.75 percent is still relevant and \u201creflects the current situation.\u201d \u201cWe are not currently observing symptoms that indicate the inflationary processes in our country are a direct result of monetary factors,\u201d Ha\u0142o\u016d\u010danka said today after a meeting with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":85843,"template":"","rubric":[17],"class_list":["post-150734","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-economy"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Central bank: no plans to tighten monetary policy | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"August 12, Pozirk. 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