Finance / WORLD

DR Congo reports provisional CDF533.2bn Treasury deficit on October 8

Agence Congolaise de Presse (ACP), citing the Central Bank of Congo’s economic update, reported early-October figures on October 17. As of October 8, the provisional Treasury deficit was CDF533.2 billion, with receipts of CDF329.0 billion and expenditure of CDF862.2 billion.

Reading sizeSources ↓Share story ↗
Conceptual illustration of financial data layers and information flows.Illustration
Symbolic illustration

The same weekly note put commercial banks’ CDF holdings at the central bank at CDF3,601.13 billion on October 9, up 1.15% from CDF3,560.1 billion a week earlier. These are two separate indicators with different dates. The source said the early-month deficit preceded major tax receipts and was covered through Treasury deposits.

Data

Table

DR Congo weekly note reports Treasury deficit and bank holdings

ACP published Treasury and bank-liquidity figures on October 17, citing a Central Bank of Congo economic update.

Treasury receipts, October 8329.0 billion Congolese francs (CDF)-2026-10-08Provisional Treasury data; cumulative early-month amount2026-10-17
Treasury expenditure, October 8862.2 billion Congolese francs (CDF)-2026-10-08Provisional Treasury data; cumulative early-month amount2026-10-17
Provisional Treasury balance, October 8−533.2 billion Congolese francs (CDF)-2026-10-08Provisional Treasury data; cumulative early-month amount2026-10-17
Commercial banks’ CDF holdings at the central bank, October 93,601.13 billion Congolese francs (CDF)-2026-10-09CDF holdings at the central bank; stock at the reference date2026-10-17
Change from the previous week-1.152026-10-09Reported increase from the previous week2026-10-17
Methodology

ACP’s reports cite the same central-bank weekly note. Treasury figures are as of October 8 and bank holdings as of October 9; the different reference dates are preserved.

Updated:

Structured coverage

Subjects and places

Subject proposals

Geographic references

Only source-provided geographic references are shown. Opening an external map is optional. Optional story maps use OpenStreetMap. Opening a map sends your IP address and this site’s address to the map provider; location data remains readable as text without loading the map.

  • Congo - Kinshasa · Place role: Coverage · Place type: Country or area · Location precision: Regional
    Evidence
    • Explicit preserved editorial country/region; no city or national centroid inferredacp.cd ↗acp.cd ↗
Taxonomy version: IPTC Media Topics 2026-Q2

Continue reading

Finance

Tanzania current-account deficit widened in the second quarter

A Bank of Tanzania balance-of-payments workbook published October 2 records a current-account deficit of US$1,781.9 million in the second quarter of 2026, compared with US$79.8 million in the first quarter.

Bank of Tanzania1 min read Data included
Finance

Qatar’s foreign reserves rise 0.46% in September

Central bank data put international reserves and foreign currency liquidity at QAR262.279 billion.

Qatar News Agency, reporting Qatar Central Bank data1 min read Data included
Finance

Mexico's reserves fall as monetary base also contracts in the week

Banco de México's preliminary weekly account for Oct. 23 showed international reserves down $61 million to $257.016 billion. The monetary base fell 12.103 billion pesos to 3.509 trillion pesos, while its annual growth rate was 7.1%.

Banco de México3 min read Data included