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China: Central bank policy rate

Percent · 1990–2025 · 36 observations · forecasts to 2026 · cbrate

2025
3.00%percent
Change on 2024
−0.1 pointsfrom 3.10%
Average, 2016–2025
3.80%10 years
Record high and low
10.4% (1995)low 3.00% (2025)

Central bank policy rate

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Recent values

Percent

YearValue
20263.10Forecast
20253.00
20243.10
20233.45
20223.65
20213.80
20203.85
20194.15
20184.35
20174.35
20164.35

Sources

  • Grimm1990–2023
  • Bank for International Settlements1996–2025
  • OECD Economic Outlook2007–2025
  • 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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