BIS Central Bank Policy Rates Data Set Overview
The BIS central bank policy rates data set offers comprehensive and historical information on monetary policy rates across multiple economies.

The BIS central bank policy rates data set tracks the evolution of policy rates across the world, serving as an important instrument for central banks in implementing monetary policy. This data set features long time series for more than 40 advanced and emerging market economies, available on a daily and monthly frequency. The BIS has collaborated closely with national central banks to select the appropriate policy rate, which may correspond to the target, repo, or discounting rate depending on the country. For periods when monetary policy was not conducted with an interest rate instrument, the most widely referenced money market or central bank interest rate is used (Source ID: 1). [1]
The data set also contains historical data to construct long, spliced series, with most daily series starting after 1980 and data going back to 1946 for several economies. From January 2024, the BIS began disseminating historical policy rates for selected euro area countries. The series are published along extensive metadata that detail, for example, the underlying series spliced into the main policy rate or the time lag between the announcement of the policy rate change and the day it becomes effective (Source ID: 1). [1]
The BIS regularly seeks to enhance its statistical offerings to support monetary and financial stability analysis, in close coordination with central banks and other national authorities and international organizations. The exposure of economies to foreign currency risk is one potential source of vulnerability that has received increased attention in recent years, and the relevant data gaps are being addressed in the second phase of the Data Gaps Initiative (DGI) endorsed by the G20 (Source ID: 1). [1]
The BIS central bank policy rates data set tracks the evolution of policy rates across the world, serving as an important instrument for central banks in implementing monetary policy. This data set features long time series for more than 40 advanced and emerging market economies, on a daily and monthly frequency. The data set is unique in three respects, as noted in the BIS Statistics documentation (Source ID: 1). [1]
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The data set contains historical data to construct long, spliced series, with most daily series starting after 1980 and data going back to 1946 for several economies. This historical depth allows for a more comprehensive understanding of monetary policy trends over time. The BIS regularly seeks to enhance its statistical offerings to support monetary and financial stability analysis, in close coordination with central banks and other national authorities and international organizations (Source ID: 1). [1]
From January 2024, the BIS disseminates historical policy rates for selected euro area countries. The series are published along extensive metadata, which detail, for example, the underlying series spliced into the main policy rate or the time lag between the announcement of the policy rate change and the day it becomes effective (Source ID: 1). [1]
The BIS central bank policy rates data set tracks the evolution of policy rates across the world, serving as an important instrument for central banks in implementing monetary policy. The data set features long time series for more than 40 advanced and emerging market economies, on a daily and monthly frequency. This data set is unique in three respects, including the close collaboration with national central banks in the selection of the policy rate(s) (source ID 1). [1]
The data set also contains historical data to construct long, spliced series. Most daily series start after 1980, with data going back to 1946 for several economies. From January 2024, the BIS disseminates historical policy rates for selected euro area countries. This extension allows for a more detailed analysis of monetary policy over time (source ID 1). [1]
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The series are published along extensive metadata, which detail, for example, the underlying series spliced into the main policy rate or the time lag between the announcement of the policy rate change and the day it becomes effective. The BIS regularly seeks to enhance its statistical offerings to support monetary and financial stability analysis, in close coordination with central banks and other national authorities and international organizations (source ID 1). [1]
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