Central Bank Raises Benchmark Rate to 6%

Published on Honduras Daily · Sep 21, 2026 · Originally reported September 19, 2026 by HCH

The Central Bank of Honduras raised its policy interest rate to 6%, a decision that now falls to President Roberto Lagos, who as an outside critic in 2024 had warned that similar increases by the previous government risked raising loan costs across the financial system.

An auto-translated English version isn’t available for HCH, so this opens the original in Spanish. Honduras Daily curates and summarizes; the reporting is theirs.

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