(Headline unchanged, corrects new rate in first para to 2.75% (not 2.5%)
DAKAR (Reuters) – West Africa’s Central Bank, BCEAO, will raise its main lending rate by 25 basis points to 2.75% as of Dec. 16 partly in response to higher energy and food costs, it said in a statement on Friday.
(Reporting by Diadie Ba; Writing by Alessandra Prentice; Editing by Angus MacSwan)
