Monetary policy rate (percentage points) - United States - 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 States, the monetary policy rate stood at 4.12 percent on 23 September 2025, the same value recorded on 22 September 2025.
Sample. There are 26,017 data points overall in the daily series shown in the graph above. The period covered by the series extends from July 1954 to September 2025.
History. Here are some simple statistics we computed on the whole sample: the rate reached a trough of 0.12 percent on 16 December 2008; it attained a maximum of 22.36 on 22 July 1981; it had an average value of 4.60.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Percentage points |
|---|---|
| 2025-09-21 | 4.125 |
| 2025-09-22 | 4.125 |
| 2025-09-23 | 4.125 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Central bank policy rate |
| Country | United States |
| 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 |