The Bank of Sierra Leone maintained its monetary policy rate steady at 23%, and kept the standing facility rate at 30%, and the reverse repo rate at 25%. The Bank said: “The Committee underscored the need for the Bank to continue to maintain a tight monetary policy stance in order to contain the second round effects of imported inflation. This will be achieved through active liquidity management in the secondary market to sterilize excess liquidity arising from foreign exchange inflows, complemented by weekly foreign exchange auctions.”