Monetary policy rate (percentage points) - Australia - BIS - Daily
This series is part of the dataset: Monetary policy rates around the globe (Bank for International Settlements)
Download Full Dataset (.xlsx)Latest updates. In Australia, the monetary policy rate was 3.60 percent on 18 September 2025, the same value recorded on the previous day.
Sample. There are 12,534 observations in the daily time series presented in the chart above. The series covers the span of time stretching from April 1976 to September 2025.
History. Here's a peek at a few descriptive statistics we computed on the entire sample: the rate averaged 6.81 percent; it registered a minimum of 0.10 on 4 November 2020; it hit a peak of 85.00 on 8 March 1983.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Percentage points |
|---|---|
| 2025-09-16 | 3.6 |
| 2025-09-17 | 3.6 |
| 2025-09-18 | 3.6 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Central bank policy rate |
| Country | Australia |
| Economic concept | Interest rate |
| Data type | Interest rate |
| Deflation method | Nominal |
| Seasonally adjusted | No |
| Rescaling | None |
| Frequency | Daily |
| Unit | Percentage points |
| Source | Bank for International Settlements |
| Source type | International organization |
| Data licence | Unrestricted use subject to certain conditions |
| Measure type | Level |
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