CNB Holds Rates, 2W Repo at 3.50%
Summary
At its meeting on 19 March 2026, the CNB Bank Board voted to keep all three key interest rates unchanged. The two-week repo rate remains at 3.50%, the discount rate at 2.50%, and the Lombard rate at 4.50%. This decision maintains the current monetary policy stance, with no change to borrowing costs for households or businesses in Czech Republic.
“The two-week repo rate (2W repo rate) thus remains at 3.50%, the discount rate at 2.50% and the Lombard rate at 4.50%.”
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What changed
The CNB Bank Board voted unanimously to hold all three policy rates at their existing levels. The two-week repo rate remains at 3.50%, the discount rate at 2.50%, and the Lombard rate at 4.50%. No tightening or loosening of monetary conditions was enacted.
Affected parties — financial institutions, lenders, and borrowers — should note that current monetary conditions remain as set at the prior meeting. No adjustment to policy rates means unchanged borrowing costs, credit conditions, and exchange-rate pressure stemming from Czech rate differentials.
Scheduled event
- Date
- 2026-03-19 at 15:00
- Location
- Commodity Exchange building, room MP614, Senovážné náměstí 30, Prague 1
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Press releases 19. 3. 2026
- Monetary policy
CNB keeps interest rates unchanged
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- At its meeting today, the CNB Bank Board kept interest rates unchanged. The two-week repo rate (2W repo rate) thus remains at 3.50%, the discount rate at 2.50% and the Lombard rate at 4.50%.
A press conference for accredited journalists attended by Governor Aleš Michl will be held at 3 p.m. in the Commodity Exchange building, room MP614 (Senovážné náměstí 30, Prague 1).
Accredited journalists must confirm their attendance at the press conference by e-mail (media@cnb.cz) or telephone (+420 736 538 759) by 2.30 p.m. today.
Jakub Holas Director of the CNB Communications Division
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