Every release since 14 Jan 2016: 90 on record, actual against forecast. High impact for the GBP. Updated within the hour of each release.
The last UK Interest Rate (Nov. 2026, released 5 Nov 2026) came in at 4%, in line with the 4% forecast; the previous reading was 3.75%.
Since 2016, UK Interest Rate has come in above forecast 3% of the time and below 2% (87 releases with a forecast); over the last 12 it beat 0%.
The average miss against forecast over the last 24 releases was 0.01%: higher than expected is good for the GBP.
| Released | Period | Actual | Forecast | Previous | Vs forecast |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 Nov 2026 07:00 | Nov. 2026 | 4% | 4% | 3.75% | in line |
| 17 Sept 2026 07:00 | Sep. 2026 | 3.75% | 3.75% | 3.75% | in line |
| 30 Jul 2026 07:00 | Jul. 2026 | 3.75% | 3.75% | 3.75% | in line |
| 18 Jun 2026 07:00 | Jun. 2026 | 3.75% | 3.75% | 3.75% | in line |
| 30 Apr 2026 07:00 | Apr. 2026 | 3.75% | 3.75% | 3.75% | in line |
| 19 Mar 2026 08:00 | Mar. 2026 | 3.75% | 3.75% | 3.75% | in line |
| 5 Feb 2026 07:00 | Feb. 2026 | 3.75% | 3.75% | 3.75% | in line |
| 18 Dec 2025 07:00 | Dec. 2025 | 3.75% | 3.75% | 4% | in line |
| 6 Nov 2025 07:00 | Nov. 2025 | 4% | 4% | 4% | in line |
| 18 Sept 2025 07:00 | Sep. 2025 | 4% | 4% | 4% | in line |
| 7 Aug 2025 07:00 | Aug. 2025 | 4% | 4% | 4.25% | in line |
| 19 Jun 2025 07:00 | Jun. 2025 | 4.25% | 4.25% | 4.25% | in line |
| 8 May 2025 07:02 | May. 2025 | 4.25% | 4.25% | 4.5% | in line |
| 20 Mar 2025 08:00 | Mar. 2025 | 4.5% | 4.5% | 4.5% | in line |
| 6 Feb 2025 07:00 | Feb. 2025 | 4.5% | 4.5% | 4.75% | in line |
| 19 Dec 2024 07:00 | Dec. 2024 | 4.75% | 4.75% | 4.75% | in line |
| 7 Nov 2024 07:00 | Nov. 2024 | 4.75% | 4.75% | 5% | in line |
| 19 Sept 2024 07:00 | Sep. 2024 | 5% | 5% | 5% | in line |
| 1 Aug 2024 07:00 | Aug. 2024 | 5% | 5% | 5.25% | in line |
| 20 Jun 2024 07:00 | Jun. 2024 | 5.25% | 5.25% | 5.25% | in line |
| 9 May 2024 07:00 | May. 2024 | 5.25% | – | 5.25% | – |
| 21 Mar 2024 08:00 | Mar. 2024 | 5.25% | 5.25% | – | in line |
| 1 Feb 2024 07:00 | Feb. 2024 | 5.25% | – | 5.25% | – |
| 14 Dec 2023 07:00 | Dec. 2023 | 5.25% | 5.25% | 5.25% | in line |
| 2 Nov 2023 08:00 | Nov. 2023 | 5.25% | 5.25% | 5.25% | in line |
| 21 Sept 2023 07:00 | Sep. 2023 | 5.25% | 5.5% | 5.25% | below |
| 3 Aug 2023 07:00 | Aug. 2023 | 5.25% | 5.25% | 5% | in line |
| 22 Jun 2023 07:00 | Jun. 2023 | 5% | 4.75% | 4.5% | above |
| 11 May 2023 07:00 | May. 2023 | 4.5% | 4.5% | 4.25% | in line |
| 23 Mar 2023 08:00 | Mar. 2023 | 4.25% | 4.25% | 4% | in line |
| 2 Feb 2023 07:00 | Feb. 2023 | 4% | 4% | 3.5% | in line |
| 15 Dec 2022 07:00 | Dec. 2022 | 3.5% | 3.5% | 3% | in line |
| 3 Nov 2022 08:00 | Nov. 2022 | 3% | 3% | 2.25% | in line |
| 22 Sept 2022 07:00 | Sep. 2022 | 2.25% | 2.25% | 1.75% | in line |
| 4 Aug 2022 07:00 | Aug. 2022 | 1.75% | 1.75% | 1.25% | in line |
| 16 Jun 2022 07:00 | Jun. 2022 | 1.25% | 1.25% | 1% | in line |
| 5 May 2022 07:00 | May. 2022 | 1% | 1% | 0.75% | in line |
| 17 Mar 2022 08:00 | Mar. 2022 | 0.75% | 0.75% | 0.5% | in line |
| 3 Feb 2022 07:00 | Feb. 2022 | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.25% | in line |
| 16 Dec 2021 07:00 | Dec. 2021 | 0.25% | 0.1% | 0.1% | above |
| 4 Nov 2021 08:00 | Nov. 2021 | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | in line |
| 23 Sept 2021 07:00 | Sep. 2021 | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | in line |
| 5 Aug 2021 07:00 | Aug. 2021 | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | in line |
| 24 Jun 2021 07:00 | Jun. 2021 | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | in line |
| 6 May 2021 07:00 | May. 2021 | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | in line |
| 18 Mar 2021 08:00 | Mar. 2021 | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | in line |
| 4 Feb 2021 07:00 | Feb. 2021 | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | in line |
| 17 Dec 2020 07:00 | Dec. 2020 | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | in line |
| 5 Nov 2020 02:00 | Nov. 2020 | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | in line |
| 17 Sept 2020 07:00 | Sep. 2020 | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | in line |
| 6 Aug 2020 02:00 | Aug. 2020 | 0.1% | 0.1% | – | in line |
| 18 Jun 2020 07:00 | Jun. 2020 | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | in line |
| 7 May 2020 02:00 | May. 2020 | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | in line |
| 26 Mar 2020 08:00 | Mar. 2020 | 0.1% | 0.25% | 0.75% | below |
| 30 Jan 2020 07:00 | Jan. 2020 | 0.75% | 0.75% | 0.75% | in line |
| 19 Dec 2019 07:00 | Dec. 2019 | 0.75% | 0.75% | 0.75% | in line |
| 7 Nov 2019 07:00 | Nov. 2019 | 0.75% | 0.75% | 0.75% | in line |
| 19 Sept 2019 07:00 | Sep. 2019 | 0.75% | 0.75% | 0.75% | in line |
| 1 Aug 2019 07:00 | Aug. 2019 | 0.75% | 0.75% | 0.75% | in line |
| 20 Jun 2019 07:00 | Jun. 2019 | 0.75% | 0.75% | 0.75% | in line |
| 2 May 2019 07:00 | May. 2019 | 0.75% | 0.75% | 0.75% | in line |
| 21 Mar 2019 08:00 | Mar. 2019 | 0.75% | 0.75% | 0.75% | in line |
| 7 Feb 2019 07:00 | Feb. 2019 | 0.75% | 0.75% | 0.75% | in line |
| 20 Dec 2018 07:00 | Dec. 2018 | 0.75% | 0.75% | 0.75% | in line |
| 1 Nov 2018 08:00 | Nov. 2018 | 0.75% | 0.75% | 0.75% | in line |
| 13 Sept 2018 07:00 | Sep. 2018 | 0.75% | 0.75% | 0.75% | in line |
| 2 Aug 2018 07:00 | Aug. 2018 | 0.75% | 0.75% | 0.5% | in line |
| 21 Jun 2018 07:00 | Jun. 2018 | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.5% | in line |
| 10 May 2018 07:00 | May. 2018 | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.5% | in line |
| 22 Mar 2018 08:00 | Mar. 2018 | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.5% | in line |
| 8 Feb 2018 07:00 | Feb. 2018 | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.5% | in line |
| 14 Dec 2017 07:00 | Dec. 2017 | 0.5% | 0.5% | – | in line |
| 2 Nov 2017 08:00 | Nov. 2017 | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.25% | in line |
| 14 Sept 2017 07:00 | Sep. 2017 | 0.25% | 0.25% | 0.25% | in line |
| 3 Aug 2017 07:00 | Aug. 2017 | 0.25% | 0.25% | 0.25% | in line |
| 15 Jun 2017 07:00 | Jun. 2017 | 0.25% | 0.25% | 0.25% | in line |
| 11 May 2017 07:00 | May. 2017 | 0.25% | 0.25% | 0.25% | in line |
| 16 Mar 2017 08:00 | Mar. 2017 | 0.25% | 0.25% | – | in line |
| 2 Feb 2017 07:00 | Feb. 2017 | 0.25% | – | 0.25% | – |
| 15 Dec 2016 07:00 | Dec. 2016 | 0.25% | 0.25% | 0.25% | in line |
| 3 Nov 2016 08:00 | Nov. 2016 | 0.25% | 0.25% | 0.25% | in line |
| 15 Sept 2016 07:00 | Sep. 2016 | 0.25% | 0.25% | 0.25% | in line |
| 4 Aug 2016 07:00 | Aug. 2016 | 0.25% | 0.25% | 0.5% | in line |
| 14 Jul 2016 07:00 | Jul. 2016 | 0.5% | 0.25% | 0.5% | above |
| 16 Jun 2016 07:00 | Jun. 2016 | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.5% | in line |
| 12 May 2016 07:00 | May. 2016 | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.5% | in line |
| 14 Apr 2016 07:00 | Apr. 2016 | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.5% | in line |
| 17 Mar 2016 08:00 | Mar. 2016 | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.5% | in line |
| 4 Feb 2016 07:00 | Feb. 2016 | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.5% | in line |
| 14 Jan 2016 07:00 | Jan. 2016 | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.5% | in line |
The last UK Interest Rate (Nov. 2026, released 5 Nov 2026) came in at 4%, in line with the 4% forecast; the previous reading was 3.75%.
UK Interest Rate is released every 6–8 weeks by Central Bank. CRTLAB has 90 releases on record since 14 Jan 2016.
Since 2016, UK Interest Rate has come in above forecast 3% of the time and below 2% (87 releases with a forecast); over the last 12 it beat 0%.
The highest was 5.25% (Jun. 2024) and the lowest 0.1% (Nov. 2021). The five-year average is 3.83%.
Usually yes: a reading above forecast is the good surprise for the GBP, and the bigger the surprise the bigger the move. On this page, green marks a release that was good for the GBP against its forecast, red one that was bad.
CRTLAB measures every BoE release on 1-minute data: the first 5, 15 and 60 minutes of gold, NAS100, the indices, forex and crypto. Every release day is broken down at https://crtlab.pro/news/boe.
In the United Kingdom, benchmark interest rate is set by the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC). The Bank of England official interest rate is the repo rate.