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Bulgaria: Central bank policy rate

Percent · 1879–2025 · 53 observations · forecasts to 2026 · cbrate

2025
1.81%percent
Change on 2024
−1.7 pointsfrom 3.49%
Average, 2016–2025
0.874%10 years
Record high and low
159.3% (1996)low 0% (2016)

Central bank policy rate

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0%50%100%150%200%18801900192019401960198020002020BulgariaBulgaria, 1946: 4.50%Bulgaria
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Recent values

Percent

YearValue
20262.00Forecast
20251.81
20243.49
20233.12
20220.325
20210
20200
20190
20180
20170
20160

Sources

  • National Bank of Serbia1879–1946
  • OECD Economic Outlook1994–2025
  • Grimm2002–2023
  • IMF International Financial Statistics2006–2025
  • OECD Economic Outlook (forecast)2025–2027

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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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