Main Central Bank Base Rates

UK Base Rate

UK Base Rate

3.00 %

Last movement:
1.50% (06/11/08)

Last decision:
1.50% (06/11/08)

Next decision:
12:00 4th Dec 2008

Graph and archive

www.bankofengland.co.uk

US Base Rate

US Base Rate

1.00 %

Last movement:
0.50% (29/10/08)

Last decision:
0.50% (29/10/08)

Next decision:
19:15 16th Dec 2008

Graph and archive

www.newyorkfed.org

Euro Base Rate (Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Ireland, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain)

EURO Base Rate

3.25 %

Last movement:
0.50% (06/11/08)

Last decision:
0.50% (06/11/08)

Next decision:
12:45 4th Dec 2008

 

www.ecb.int

Australia Base Rate

5.25 %

Last movement:
0.75% (04/11/08)

Last decision:
0.75% (04/11/08)

Next decision:
05:30 2nd Dec 2008

 

www.rba.gov.au

Other base rates from around the world

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Canadian Base Rate

2.25 %

Last movement:
0.25% ( 21/10/08 )

Last decision:
0.25% ( 21/10/08 )

Next decision:
19:15 9th Dec 2008

 

Bank of Canada

Danish Base Rate

5.00 %

Up arrow 0.40% (08/10/08)

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Danmarks Nationalbank

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Japanese Base Rate

0.30 %

Last movement:
0.20% ( 30/10/08 )

Last decision:
0.20% ( 30/10/08 )

Next decision:
05:30 21st Nov 2008

 

Bank of Japan | Schedule of Meetings

New Zealand Base Rate

6.50 %

Last movement:
1.00% (23/10/08)

Last decision:
1.00% (23/10/08)

Next decision:
05:30 4th Dec 2008

Graph and archive

www.rba.gov.au

Norwegian Base Rate

5.25 %

Down arrow 0.50% (15/10/08)

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Norges Bank

South African Base Rate

12.00 %

Up arrow 0.50% (13/06/08)

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South African Reserve Bank

Swedish Base Rate

4.25 %

Down arrow 0.50% (15/10/08)

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Sveriges Riksbank

Swiss Base Rate

Please check website

 

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Swiss National Bank

 

Disclaimer: These base rates are updated manually and should therefore not be relied upon to be accurate. Please click on the links to the Central Bank websites to verify these rates. If any of these rates are incorrect then please contact us.