The benchmark interest rate in Panama was last recorded at 1.36 percent. Interest Rate in Panama averaged 1.61 percent from 2002 until 2018, reaching an all time high of 5.47 percent in August of 2006 and a record low of 0.18 percent in February of 2015.
Interest Rate in Panama is expected to be 1.75 percent by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. Looking forward, we estimate Interest Rate in Panama to stand at 1.50 in 12 months time. In the long-term, the Panama Interest Rate is projected to trend around 2.25 percent in 2020, according to our econometric models.