The Assets Markets Department (DMA) of the Angolan Governor's Office issued Directive No. 04/DMA/2021 to adjust the interest rates for permanent lending and liquidity absorption facilities. The directive sets the BNA Basic Interest Rate at 15.50% per annum and fixes the 7-day Liquidity Absorption Facility rate at 12%, while indexing the Lending Facility rate to 91-day Treasury Bills plus 0.50%. It simultaneously revokes Directive No. 02/DMA/2019 and paragraph 1 of Directive No. 01/DMA/2021, entering into force immediately following the Monetary Policy Committee's March 29, 2021 decision.
GOVERNOR
DIRECTIVE NO. 04/DMA/2021
ORIGIN: ASSETS MARKETS DEPARTMENT (DMA)
DATE
01/04/2021
SUBJECT: FINANCIAL SYSTEM
Fa - Permanent Lending Facilities (FCO) and Liquidity Absorption Facilities –
Notice No. 11/2011, dated October 20
Whereas it is necessary to adjust the Interest Rate of the Lending and Liquidity Absorption Facilities, regulated under Notice No. 11/2011, dated October 20;
In accordance with the decisions of the ninety-eighth ordinary session of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC), held on March 29, 2021;
This Directive hereby establishes the following:
The Basic Interest Rate of the BNA (BNA Rate) is set at 15.50% (fifteen point fifty percent) per annum;
The Interest Rate of the Permanent Liquidity Absorption Facility with a 7-day maturity (FAL 7) is set at 12% (twelve percent);
The Interest Rate of the Permanent Liquidity Lending Facility (FCO) is indexed to the interest rate of 91-day Treasury Bills (BT), plus 0.50% (zero point fifty percent);
Doubts and omissions arising from the interpretation and application of this Directive shall be clarified by the Assets Markets Department;
Directive No. 02/DMA/2019, dated October 24, and paragraph 1 of Directive No. 01/DMA/2021, dated February 2, are hereby revoked;
This Directive enters into force immediately.
Luanda, April 1, 2021.
ASSETS MARKETS DEPARTMENT
Tânia Patrícia de Oliveira Mendes Lopes
-Director-