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Africa-Press – Mauritius. <\/strong><\/span>The Bank of Mauritius began to unwind a long period of monetary easing today (March 9), as it raised its policy rate for the first time since 2011.<\/p>\n

The 15 basis point hike took the key repo rate to 2%.<\/p>\n

Central bank governor Harvesh Seegolam said there was a risk of rising inflation from second-round effects, as well as a \u201chigh degree of uncertainty\u201d around the impact of Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe monetary policy committee agreed that the accommodative monetary policy stance should<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Mauritius<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Mauritius. The Bank of Mauritius began to unwind a long period of monetary easing today (March 9), as it raised its policy rate for the first time since 2011. The 15 basis point hike took the key repo rate to 2%. Central bank governor Harvesh Seegolam said there was a risk of rising […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":11647,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,5,8,16],"tags":[233,245,373,241],"class_list":["post-11648","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-economy","category-homepage-english","category-twitter","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-mauritius","tag-bank","tag-mauritius"],"yoast_head":"\nBank of Mauritius makes first rate hike in over 10 years - Mauritius<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Bank of Mauritius began to unwind a long period of monetary easing today (March 9), as it raised its policy rate for ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/bank-of-mauritius-makes-first-rate-hike-in-over-10-years\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Bank of Mauritius makes first rate hike in over 10 years\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Bank of Mauritius began to unwind a long period of monetary easing today (March 9), as it raised its policy rate for ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/bank-of-mauritius-makes-first-rate-hike-in-over-10-years\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Mauritius\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-03-10T09:25:54+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-03-10T10:04:30+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/sites\/61\/2022\/03\/img-6229cd15a7ee1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"750\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"463\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/bank-of-mauritius-makes-first-rate-hike-in-over-10-years#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/bank-of-mauritius-makes-first-rate-hike-in-over-10-years\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Bank of Mauritius makes first rate hike in over 10 years\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-03-10T09:25:54+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-03-10T10:04:30+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/bank-of-mauritius-makes-first-rate-hike-in-over-10-years\"},\"wordCount\":103,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/bank-of-mauritius-makes-first-rate-hike-in-over-10-years#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/sites\/61\/2022\/03\/img-6229cd15a7ee1.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Mauritius\",\"Bank\",\"Mauritius\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"economy\",\"homepage-english\",\"twitter\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/bank-of-mauritius-makes-first-rate-hike-in-over-10-years#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/bank-of-mauritius-makes-first-rate-hike-in-over-10-years\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/bank-of-mauritius-makes-first-rate-hike-in-over-10-years\",\"name\":\"Bank of Mauritius makes first rate hike in over 10 years - 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