Guatemala Banguat tasa de interés líder de política monetaria
Guatemala Banguat tasa de interés líder de política monetaria is 3.5 percent, in force since 18 Feb 2026. It was 3.75 percent before that. Last checked against the official source on 16 Jul 2026.
Banco de Guatemala (Banguat) leading monetary policy interest rate (tasa de interés líder de política monetaria), set by the Junta Monetaria at its scheduled rate-decision sessions (eight per year).
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| Current value | 3.5 percent |
|---|---|
| In force from | 2026-02-18 |
| Official source | Banco de Guatemala — Boletines de Prensa 2026 (Junta Monetaria decisions) |
| Last verified | 2026-07-16 |
| Verification | primary — No verification limitation recorded — read from the official source cited. |
| Provenance | source fingerprint |
What this value means
Cut 25bps from 3.75% to 3.50% at the 18 February 2026 session (unanimous), then held unchanged at the 25 March, 29 April, 27 May and 24 June 2026 sessions (all unanimous). Headline inflation was 2.86% in May 2026, inside the 4.0% +/-1pp target band. Remaining 2026 rate sessions: 26 August, 23 September, 25 November (per Banguat's published calendar). NOTE ON ACCESS: banguat.gob.gt was unreachable from outside Guatemala at confirmation time (connection timeout / geo-restriction); all decisions were verified against Banguat's own bulletins page via a Wayback Machine snapshot captured 16 July 2026 (web.archive.org/web/20260716154215/https://banguat.gob.gt/page/boletines-de-prensa-2026) and against Banguat's official press-conference PDFs (cbanguat907/911/914/916.pdf, February–May 2026).
Earlier values
| From | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-26 | 3.75 | Banco de Guatemala — Conferencia de prensa decisión de tasa… |
| 2025-09-24 | 4 | Banco de Guatemala — Conferencia de prensa decisión de tasa… |
| 2025-08-27 | 4.25 | Banco de Guatemala — Conferencia de prensa decisión de tasa… |
Get it programmatically
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# History: curl https://usaref.dev/v1/gt/policy-rate/history?from=2020-01-01
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