Monetary policy rate (percentage points) - Portugal - 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 Portugal, the monetary policy rate was 3.25 percent on 31 December 1998, as on the previous day.
Sample. There are 19,723 observations in the daily series shown in the graph above. The time period covered by the series stretches from January 1945 to December 1998.
History. Take a look at some descriptive statistics we computed on the whole sample: the rate hit a maximum of 25.00 percent on 9 August 1983; it hit a trough of 2.50 on 1 January 1945; it had an average value of 7.92.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Percentage points |
|---|---|
| 1998-12-29 | 3.25 |
| 1998-12-30 | 3.25 |
| 1998-12-31 | 3.25 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Central bank policy rate |
| Country | Portugal |
| 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 |