Monetary policy rate (percentage points) - United Kingdom - 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 the United Kingdom, the monetary policy rate was 4.00 percent on 22 September 2025, as on 19 September.
Sample. In this daily time series, there are 23,190 records. The time period covered by the series goes from January 1946 to September 2025.
History. Here’s a quick look at a few simple statistics we computed on the entire sample: the rate had a mean of 5.63 percent; it reached its highest level of 17.00 on 15 November 1979; it reached a minimum of 0.10 on 19 March 2020.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Percentage points |
|---|---|
| 2025-09-18 | 4.0 |
| 2025-09-19 | 4.0 |
| 2025-09-22 | 4.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Central bank policy rate |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| 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 |