DAR ES SALAAM — The Bank of Tanzania injected TZS892.5 billion into the money market through seven-day reverse repurchase agreement operations during the week ending 16 October 2026, increasing its short-term liquidity support compared with the preceding week.
The operations were conducted at the Central Bank Rate of 6.25%, according to the central bank’s weekly domestic financial markets report. The amount was higher than the TZS252.43 billion injected during the previous week.
Repo operations are monetary-market instruments used by central banks to manage short-term liquidity. In a reverse repurchase transaction, the central bank provides funds against securities under an agreement to reverse the transaction at a later date.
The report also recorded an increase in seven-day interbank cash-market trading, with trading volume rising to TZS812.65 billion from TZS748.35 billion in the preceding week.
For businesses, these figures offer an indication of conditions in the financial system, but they do not mean commercial loans will automatically become cheaper. Lending rates also depend on banks’ funding costs, credit risk, operating expenses and borrower profiles.
The figures therefore provide a useful snapshot of monetary-market conditions rather than a direct measure of the credit available to every business.
