Forex Interest Rates By Central Banks of Every Country

Central bank interest rate is the rate at which the central institutions of the country the bank lends short-term money to commercial banks in the country. Interest rates also play an important role in the Forex market. Because the currencies bought via broker not delivered to the buyer, the broker dealer must pay interest based on the difference between the "short" interest rate of the currency and "long" interest rate. 

In the table of interest rates can not only find the current interest rate from 20 different countries, but also move backwards in time and see how and when interest rates were changed by central banks. 

Interest rates of the following countries are included in this table of interest rates: United States of America, United Kingdom, European Union, Japan, Switzerland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Norway, Denmark, Chile, South Africa, Sweden, Brazil, South Korea, Russia, Poland, Latvia, Hungary and Czech Republic. 

Click the small green arrow above and below the table to see the rate decisions of the past.

0.125% †

 

on 2009-08-12 by 0%

Federal Reserve System

 

1.25%

 

on 2011-11-03 by 0.25%

European Central Bank

 

0.50%

 

on 2009-10-08 by 0%

Bank of England

 

0.10%

 

on 2009-05-22 by 0%

Bank of Japan

 

1.00%

 

on 2010-09-08 by 0.25%

Bank of Canada

 

4.50%

 

on 2011-11-04 by 0.25%

Reserve Bank of Australia

 

2.50%

 

on 2011-03-10 by 0.50%

Reserve Bank of New Zealand

 

0.125% *

 

on 2011-08-03 by 0.25%

Swiss National Bank

 

5.50%

 

on 2010-11-10 by 0.50%

South African Reserve Bank

 

5.25%

 

on 2011-06-14 by 0.25%

Central Bank of Chile

 

1.20%

 

on 2011-11-04 by 0.35%

Danmarks Nationalbank

 

2.25%

 

on 2011-05-13 by 0.25%

Norges Bank

 

2.00%

 

on 2011-07-06 by 0.25%

Riksbank

 

11.50%

 

on 2011-10-19 by 0.50%

Banco Central do Brasil

 

0.75%

 

on 2010-05-07 by 0.25%

Czech National Bank

 

6.00%

 

on 2011-01-25 by 0.25%

Magyar Nemzeti Bank

 

3.50%

 

on 2010-03-24 by 0.50%

Bank of Latvia

 

4.50%

 

on 2011-06-08 by 0.25%

National Bank of Poland

 

8.25%

 

on 2011-05-02 by 0.25%

Bank of Russia

 

3.25%

 

on 2011-06-10 by 0.25%

Bank of Korea

Note: Not all the 'no change' central bank decisions included in the table above. 
† Federal Reserve set the range of interest rates since December 16, 2008. The average rate shown. 
* The Swiss National Bank's interest rate is presented as the average speed range. 
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