The central bank of the eight-nation West African franc zone (BCEAO) kept its prime lending rate unchanged at 2.50 percent at a quarterly rate meeting on Wednesday.
The bank has kept the rate unchanged since September 2013, when it lowered it by 25 basis points.
Issa Djibo, head of economic analys
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