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Economy

Central Bank raises policy rate to 7%

First reported by News.am: 12:22

Updated 17:43, 24 sources

Economy. Photo: Wikimedia Commons, cropped
Photo: Wikimedia Commons, cropped

At its November 3 meeting, the Central Bank board decided to raise the policy rate by 0.25 percentage points, setting it at 7.00%. The Lombard repo rate was set at 8.50%, and the rate on funds attracted from banks at 5.50%. According to the Central Bank, 12-month inflation remained above target in the third quarter and stood at 4.3% in September.

Coverage timeline

Who reported first and how the others caught up. Each bar shows how many of that side's outlets covered the story.

First to report: News.am · 12:22 · Opposition

Pro-government 3 / 6 First: Public TV news (H1 / Lurer), 6 min later
Balanced 10 / 14 First: Radar Armenia, 4 min later
Opposition 10 / 21 First: News.am, 12:22

Foreign outlets: 1, first: Sputnik Armenia, 13:00

Timeline as a list
  1. News.am (Opposition)
  2. Mediahub (Opposition)
  3. Radar Armenia (Balanced)
  4. Public TV news (H1 / Lurer) (Pro-government)
  5. 24news.am (Opposition)
  6. 1in.am (Balanced)
  7. Tert.am (Opposition)
  8. Panorama (Opposition)
  9. Ararat News (Balanced)
  10. Public Radio of Armenia (Pro-government)
  11. Infocom (Balanced)
  12. Factor (Balanced)
  13. Hraparak (Opposition)
  14. Armenpress (Pro-government)
  15. Yerevan.Today (Opposition)
  16. Hetq (Balanced)
  17. Sputnik Armenia (Foreign)
  18. 168 Zham (Opposition)
  19. Shant TV / Shantnews (Balanced)
  20. Livenews.am (Opposition)
  21. Politik.am (Opposition)
  22. Azatutyun (RFE/RL) (Balanced)
  23. Aravot (Balanced)
  24. CivilNet (Balanced)

All sources

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