Iran bank interest rates

Monetary Loosening Impacts Iran Bank Deposits

EghtesadOnline: The Central Bank of Iran’s policy to cap bank interest rates at 15% effectively changed the composition of deposit contracts signed with financial institutions.
2018-04-15 10:00
CBI Report Reviews Major Policies

EghtesadOnline: In a performance report covering the period since the current fiscal year began in March 2017, the Central Bank of Iran has reviewed its major monetary policies related to reducing…
2018-02-04 07:03
MRC Urges Restraint in Gov’t Bond Issuance

EghtesadOnline: The research arm of the Iranian Parliament has warned against the detrimental effects of the government engaging in a widespread issuance of bonds, especially on bank interest…
2018-01-14 07:52
Bank Rate Cuts to Assist Housing Boom

EghtesadOnline: Lower bank interest rates, which cause more capital to flow toward other sectors including the housing sector, will prove instrumental in triggering a boom in the sector, a board…
2017-11-13 07:22
Investment Fund Restrictions to Help Reduce Interest Rates

EghtesadOnline: In what could be another step toward bolstering efforts to reduce the tenaciously high bank interest rates and balance markets, investment funds owned by banks and credit institutions…
2017-10-07 05:50
Seif: Rates Cut Benefits Markets

EghtesadOnline: Governor of the Central Bank of Iran Valiollah Seif has sought to outline the benefits of the policymaker's recent directive to cut bank interest rates, saying it has curbed a…
2017-10-03 11:16
Iran: Interest Rates and the Battle for Deposits

EghtesadOnline: Saturday was the implementation day for the Central Bank of Iran’s latest major directive on bank interest rates, which has already created a momentum in the banking system as…
2017-09-04 07:51
Iran's Central Bank Doubles Down on Enforcing Interest Rates

EghtesadOnline: While more than a year has passed since bank deposit interest rates were officially set at 15%, the Central Bank of Iran has now set a deadline through its latest directive to…
2017-08-26 06:25
CBI Tapping Capital Markets to Moderate Interest Rates

EghtesadOnline: CBI Governor Valiollah Seif has named the newly-formed cordial relationship between the country's monetary and capital markets as a factor for moderating bank interest rates,…
2017-08-21 13:25
Proposed Industries Minister Vows to Reform Forex, Bank Interest Rates

EghtesadOnline: Mohammad Shariatmadari, industries, mining and trade minister-designate, has pledged to lower banks’ interest rates and overhaul the current system of determining foreign exchange…
2017-08-20 08:50
Lawmakers, Bank CEOs Will Discuss Interest Rate Cuts

EghtesadOnline: A top parliamentary economic commission will soon hold a joint session with CEOs of banks to brainstorm and decide new bank interest rates, announced the head of the commission.
2017-08-01 06:13
Gov’t to Focus on Interest Rate Cuts

EghtesadOnline: Owing to the importance of bank interest rates for realizing the main goals of Iranian economy, decreasing the rates will play a significant role in the second term of President…
2017-07-09 09:30