The Central Bank of Aruba published financial market statistics for the third quarter of 2026 showing a narrowing gap between commercial banks’ lending and deposit rates. The weighted average lending rate fell to 6.1% from 6.3% in the second quarter, while the average deposit rate rose to 3.3% from 2.7%. This reduced the spread to 2.8 percentage points from 3.6 percentage points. These averages reflect new loans and deposits for domestic activities during the period.
Commercial mortgage rates declined to 6.1% from 6.6%, while consumer credit rates eased to 7.6% from 7.8%. Housing mortgage rates remained at 5.2%. Separately, the central bank’s average offered rates on commercial bank deposits declined to 0.1% for maturities of seven days and 0.3% for maturities of 30 days, down from 0.2% and 0.4%, respectively, in the second quarter.
The government securities data record a September 2026 bond issue of AWG 100 million with a maturity of 14 years and an annual yield of 4.96%.