Overnight rate (per cent) - United Kingdom - OECD - Monthly
This series is part of the dataset: OECD interest rates
Download Full Dataset (.xlsx)Latest updates. In the United Kingdom, the overnight rate was 3.73 per cent in September 2026, the same value recorded in August.
Sample. There are 585 data points overall in the monthly time series shown in the graph above. The series covers the span of time stretching from January 1978 to September 2026.
History. Here’s a quick look at a few descriptive statistics we computed on the whole sample: the interest rate recorded its maximum of 18.32 per cent in June 1980; it reached a minimum of 0.05 per cent in November 2021; it was equal on average to 5.79 per cent.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Percentage points |
|---|---|
| 2026-07-31 | 3.73080 |
| 2026-08-31 | 3.73130 |
| 2026-09-30 | 3.73050 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Overnight rate |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Economic concept | Interest rate |
| Data type | Annual interest rate |
| Seasonally adjusted | No |
| Deflation method | Not applicable |
| Rescaling | None |
| Measure type | Level |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Unit | Percentage points |
| Source | OECD |
| Source type | International organization |
| Data licence | Redistributable with citation |
| Other information | Overnight rates usually refer to official discount rates and call-money rates. |
| FSR temporal aggregation code | LM1 |
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