RABAT- Morocco's central bank said it postponed to Oct. 13 a quarterly board meeting that was due on Tuesday, citing health reasons.

The bank was expected to make a decision on the benchmark interest rate currently set at 1.5%. It cited in a statement "health reasons" for the delay, without offering further details.

(Reporting by Ahmed El Jechtimi, writing by Maher Chmaytelli, Editing by Catherine Evans) ((maher.chmaytelli@thomsonreuters.com;))