As at 17 Sep 2026 | Daily (policy rate; changes on CBC board decision days)
Mean
3.07%
Median
2.00%
Min
1.12% 20 Mar 2020
Max
7.75% 23 Aug 1989
Date
Rate
17 Sep 2026
2.00
31 Aug 2026
2.00
31 Jul 2026
2.00
30 Jun 2026
2.00
31 May 2026
2.00
30 Apr 2026
2.00
31 Mar 2026
2.00
28 Feb 2026
2.00
31 Jan 2026
2.00
31 Dec 2025
2.00
30 Nov 2025
2.00
31 Oct 2025
2.00
30 Sep 2025
2.00
31 Aug 2025
2.00
31 Jul 2025
2.00
30 Jun 2025
2.00
31 May 2025
2.00
30 Apr 2025
2.00
31 Mar 2025
2.00
28 Feb 2025
2.00
31 Jan 2025
2.00
31 Dec 2024
2.00
30 Nov 2024
2.00
31 Oct 2024
2.00
About the discount rate
CBC discount rate (EG28D01en). Current: 2.00% on 17 Sep 2026. Taiwan's policy rate; chart is stepped at CBC board decisions.
From 1 Apr 1989 to 17 Sep 2026 (13,684 observations): mean 3.07%, median 2.00%; low 1.12% (20 Mar 2020), high 7.75% (23 Aug 1989). Not a mortgage or deposit rate.
Taiwan's discount rate is the policy rate of the Central Bank of the Republic of China (Taiwan), set by its board and published in the CBC Statistical Database as series EG28D01en. This page shows it as a daily step series from 1989, with the rate flat between board meetings and changing on decision dates. The discount rate is the rate at which banks can borrow from the CBC against eligible paper; it is a policy instrument, not a mortgage or deposit rate, and the CBC also operates other facilities.
Read the headline with its as-of date, then the "versus the previous reading" line. When the board has left the rate unchanged, the page shows the date of the last actual move rather than a row of zero changes. Mean, median, low and high are arithmetic summaries of the daily readings in this build, so a long period at one setting pulls them toward it. Chart and Table present the same series two ways, the range buttons only filter what is drawn, and Explore adds zoom and pan on request.
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The South Africa desk leads with the SARB repo rate, from the BIS central bank policy rate series for South Africa, then US, UK and ECB rates. The repo rate is the rate at which the South African Reserve Bank lends to banks against eligible collateral; the BIS series records it as dated level changes from 1980 and the page draws it as daily steps. It is the country's main policy rate, not a mortgage or deposit rate.
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