Bank of England

Bank of England Bank Rate

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3.75%

−0.25 pp last change (17 Dec 2025)

As of 15 Sep 2026 | Daily (policy rate; changes on MPC decision days)

Mean
6.12%
Median
5.25%
Min
0.10% 19 Mar 2020
Max
17.00% 15 Nov 1979
DateRate
15 Sep 20263.75
28 Aug 20263.75
31 Jul 20263.75
30 Jun 20263.75
29 May 20263.75
30 Apr 20263.75
31 Mar 20263.75
27 Feb 20263.75
30 Jan 20263.75
31 Dec 20253.75
28 Nov 20254.00
31 Oct 20254.00
30 Sep 20254.00
29 Aug 20254.00
31 Jul 20254.25
30 Jun 20254.25
30 May 20254.25
30 Apr 20254.50
31 Mar 20254.50
28 Feb 20254.50
31 Jan 20254.75
31 Dec 20244.75
29 Nov 20244.75
31 Oct 20245.00

About Bank Rate

Bank of England policy rate (IUDBEDR). Current: 3.75% on 15 Sep 2026. Daily series from 1975; chart is stepped at MPC decisions.

From 2 Jan 1975 to 15 Sep 2026 (13,070 observations): mean 6.12%, median 5.25%; low 0.10% (19 Mar 2020), high 17.00% (15 Nov 1979). Not a UK mortgage or savings rate.

Source: Bank of England Statistical Database, series IUDBEDR. Licence: Bank of England open data terms (attribution required) (terms). Files: data/raw/boe-bank-rate.csv.

Reading this series

Bank Rate is the Bank of England's policy interest rate, published in the Bank's statistical database as series IUDBEDR, with a daily history from 1975. The Monetary Policy Committee sets it and announces changes on decision dates; between decisions the rate is flat, which is why the chart is drawn as steps. Bank Rate is the rate the Bank pays on reserves held with it and is the anchor for sterling money-market rates, but it is not itself a mortgage or savings rate.

Read the headline value with its as-of date, then the "versus the previous reading" line: when Bank Rate has been unchanged for a stretch, the page shows the date of the last actual move instead. Mean, median, low and high are arithmetic summaries of the daily observations in this build, so a long hold at one level pulls them toward it. Chart and Table show the same data two ways; the range buttons only filter what is drawn, and Explore adds zoom and pan on request. For the rate that actually settles overnight sterling transactions, see the SONIA page instead.

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The Brazil desk leads with the Selic target, read from the BIS central bank policy rate series for Brazil, then US, Mexico and ECB rates. The Selic target is set by the Banco Central do Brasil's Copom and is the anchor for the overnight interbank rate; the BIS series is the overnight Selic target from 1999, with earlier stretches splicing other central-bank instruments. It is drawn as daily steps because it changes only at Copom decisions.

All desks show the same series in a different order, so the figures do not change when you switch. Values are republished with attribution to the BIS; this site is not an official BIS publication. The build ingests no Brazilian retail lending rate, so that page is absent rather than estimated. Nothing here is financial advice, and readings may lag their source.