New incentive to save in pesos

Thursday, July 30, 2020

The BCRA decided to increase the yields of retail time deposits up to ARS1 million, 87% of the monetary policy interest rate.

In order to promote retail saving, the BCRA decided to increase the yields of retail time deposits up to ARS1 million, to 87% of the benchmark rate of monetary policy, as form August 1, 2020.

Thus, yields of retail time deposits in pesos will be 33.06% APR, which equals a 2.7173% monthly rate and a 38.57% EAR.

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