Monetary policy rate (percentage points) - Australia - BIS - Daily
This series is part of the dataset: Monetary policy rates around the globe (Bank for International Settlements)
Download Full Dataset (.xlsx)Latest updates. In Australia, the monetary policy rate stood at 3.60 percent on 18 September 2025, the same value recorded on the previous day.
Sample. This daily time series has 12,534 observations. The series covers the span of time going from April 1976 to September 2025.
History. Have a look at some simple statistics we computed on the entire sample: the rate reached its highest level of 85.00 percent on 8 March 1983; it hit a trough of 0.10 on 4 November 2020; it had a mean of 6.81.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Percentage points |
|---|---|
| 2025-09-16 | 3.6 |
| 2025-09-17 | 3.6 |
| 2025-09-18 | 3.6 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Central bank policy rate |
| Country | Australia |
| Economic concept | Interest rate |
| Data type | Interest rate |
| Deflation method | Nominal |
| Seasonally adjusted | No |
| Rescaling | None |
| Frequency | Daily |
| Unit | Percentage points |
| Source | Bank for International Settlements |
| Source type | International organization |
| Data licence | Unrestricted use subject to certain conditions |
| Measure type | Level |