17:20 - 2.04.2026

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April 2, Fineko/abc.az. The average interest rate on newly-given loans in manats in Azerbaijan also rose up to 19% in February.

ABC.AZ informs, citing a bulletin published by the Central Bank of Azerbaijan in February, that the average interest rate of new loans from credit institutions in national currency increased from 17.69% up to 18.87% for February.

The opposite pattern is observed in foreign currency. So, if in January banks gave new loans in foreign currency at an average of 6.37%, then in February the rate decreased to 6.16%.

The same trend is observed on deposits. For example, new deposits in national currency fell from 6.54% to 6.62%, while deposits in dollars fell from 3.19% to 2.87%.