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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)

Central bank policy rate

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Recent values

Percent

YearValue
20262.00Forecast
20252.41
20243.56
20233.63
20220.438
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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