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Australia: Central bank policy rate

Percent · 1945–2025 · 79 observations · forecasts to 2026 · cbrate

2025
3.60%percent
Change on 2024
−0.8 pointsfrom 4.35%
Average, 2016–2025
2.08%10 years
Record high and low
19.0% (1985)low 0.10% (2020)

Central bank policy rate

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Recent values

Percent

YearValue
20263.35Forecast
20253.60
20244.35
20234.35
20223.10
20210.10
20200.10
20190.75
20181.50
20171.50
20161.50

Sources

  • Grimm1945–2023
  • Foster1963–1993
  • IMF International Financial Statistics1970–2024
  • Bank for International Settlements1976–2025
  • OECD Economic Outlook1990–2025
  • OECD Economic Outlook (forecast)2025–2027

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Australia documentation (PDF)

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Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →

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