Économie : Le Gouverneur de la Bceao dévoile les prémices d’une robuste croissance pour 2025
The Central Bank of West African States (BCEAO) held its third Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting of the year on Wednesday, December 3, in Dakar. During the meeting, the BCEAO Governor reported that economic activity was robust in the third quarter of this year.
Growth reached 6.6% year-on-year, following a 6.5% increase recorded in the second quarter, he reported. "The dynamism across all sectors, particularly in extractive industries and services, suggests robust projected growth of 6.7% for 2025," he added.
The inflation rate, meanwhile, stood at -1.3% during the period, after 0.3% in the previous quarter. This decline in consumer prices is mainly due to lower costs for imported food and energy products, as well as sufficient supply of local products to markets, thanks to the good harvests of the 2025/2026 agricultural season, he explains. The estimated rate for 2025 is 0.2%.
Regarding external accounts, the Governor of the BCEAO reports that the situation has improved. "It reflects the evolution of the terms of trade and the impact of the mobilization of external resources by the States," indicated Jean-Claude Kassi Brou.
As for monetary conditions, they "generally eased" during the third quarter of 2025 compared to the previous quarter, he said. This was due to the adequate level of liquidity in the banking system and the recent cut in key interest rates decided by the Monetary Policy Committee in June 2025.
Commentaires (1)
Tout cela ne reflète malheureusement pas la situation vécue par les populations concernées. L'Afrique et plus particulièrement l'Afrique de l'Ouest devait connaitre des taux de croissance supérieure à 10 voire 15% si les politiques économiques adéquates y sont menées. L'exploitation et la transformation de nos ressources minières, le mixte énergétique avec une bonne intégration du solaire ainsi que la monnaie devaient être les axes prioritaires autour desquels nos programmes économiques devraient tourner. Nous devons compter sur la BCEAO pour revenir à des indicateurs macro économiques qui parlent à l'Afrique plutôt que de relayer les politiques économiques des pays occidentaux qui fondent leur croissance sur l'exploitation de nos ressources et l'adossement de nos pays à des monnaies étrangères.
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