Central bank decision dates

The Federal Open Market Committee sets the target range for the federal funds rate. It holds eight scheduled meetings a year, most over two days, and announces its decision in a statement at the end of the meeting. The Federal Reserve lists next year's meeting dates as tentative; each is confirmed at the meeting before it. The dates are listed here; the decided range is in the Federal Reserve's statement, as no figure is fetched for this row.

The ECB's Governing Council sets the euro area's key interest rates at its monetary policy meetings, held every six weeks. The rate shown is the deposit facility rate, the rate through which the ECB steers its policy, as the ECB publishes it after each decision.

No release in the last 400 days is held yet.

The Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee sets Bank Rate at eight scheduled meetings a year and announces each decision at 12:00 UK time. The rate shown is typed in from the Bank's announcement after each decision; nothing is fetched from the Bank's site.

Latest decision: Thu 17 Sep 2026: 3.75%.

The Bank of Canada announces its target for the overnight rate on eight scheduled dates a year, at 9:45 a.m. Eastern Time, four of them with its Monetary Policy Report. The rate shown is the target as the Bank of Canada's own data series publishes it.

Latest decision: Wed 28 Oct 2026: 2.50%, effective 29 Oct (before: 2.25%).

The Reserve Bank of Australia's Monetary Policy Board sets the cash rate target. It meets eight times a year, over two days, and announces its decision at 2:30 p.m. Sydney time on the second day. The dates are listed here; the decided rate is in the RBA's statement, as no figure is fetched for this row.