The Open Market Operations Committee at the Central Bank of Jordan (CBJ) decided to keep its main policy rate unchanged at its current level of 5.75%. The decision aligns with the bank’s primary objective of maintaining monetary stability, preserving the attractiveness of Jordanian Dinar-denominated assets, and keeping local interest rates consistent with prevailing trends in regional and international financial markets.
The committee also decided to keep interest rates on other monetary policy instruments unchanged, according to a statement issued by the bank on Thursday.
The committee reaffirmed that the CBJ continues to closely monitor all regional and international economic and monetary developments, taking all necessary measures to safeguard monetary and financial stability while contributing to strengthening the resilience of the national economy.
A comprehensive assessment conducted by the committee on overall economic and monetary trends for the available period of the current year demonstrates the soundness of the economic performance and the strength of the Kingdom’s monetary indicators. Chief among these are the CBJ’s foreign currency reserves, which rose to $26.1 billion at the end of June 2026—an increase of $4.1 billion compared to their level at the end of June 2025—a level sufficient to cover the Kingdom’s imports for 8.6 months. Meanwhile, the inflation rate remained low at 2.03% during the first half of 2026.
At the same time, the Jordanian banking sector continues to enjoy comfortable levels of liquidity, profitability, and capital adequacy, reflecting the banking system’s strength and high capacity to finance economic activity.
Despite ongoing uncertainty and regional escalation, tourism revenues recorded a positive growth of 7.0% during June 2026, though declining by 5.3% during the first half of the current year.
Remittances from Jordanian expatriates remained high, recording a growth of 14.5% during the first five months of 2026 to reach approximately $2.1 billion, reflecting their continued role in supporting domestic demand and the balance of payments.
National exports also grew by 7.3% during the first four months of the current year, compared to a growth rate of 1.5% during the same period last year, reaching a value of $4.2 billion. This reflects the competitiveness of national exports and their benefit from higher international prices for several exported goods.
The national economy recorded a real growth rate of 2.9% during the first quarter of the current year, exceeding expectations, with projections indicating a overall growth rate of 2.7% for the full year 2026.
