France: Central bank policy rate
Percent · 1800–2025 · 222 observations · forecasts to 2026 · cbrate
- 2025
- 2.41%percent
- Change on 2024
- −1.2 pointsfrom 3.56%
- Average, 2016–2025
- 0.739%10 years
- Record high and low
- 14.8% (1981)low −0.50% (2020)
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Percent
| Year | Value | |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2.00 | Forecast |
| 2025 | 2.41 | |
| 2024 | 3.56 | |
| 2023 | 3.63 | |
| 2022 | 0.438 | |
| 2021 | -0.50 | |
| 2020 | -0.50 | |
| 2019 | -0.45 | |
| 2018 | -0.40 | |
| 2017 | -0.40 | |
| 2016 | -0.40 |
Sources
- Homer & Sylla1800–1989
- Levy-Garboua & Monnet1801–2015
- Flandreau & Zumer1880–1913
- Bank for International Settlements1945–1998
- Grimm1945–2023
- OECD Main Economic Indicators (archive)1955–1971
- Banque de France1999–2025
- OECD Economic Outlook1999–2025
- OECD Economic Outlook (forecast)2025–2027
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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