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Ireland: Central bank policy rate

Percent · 1942–2024 · 83 observations · forecasts to 2026 · cbrate

2024
3.56%percent
Change on 2023
−0.1 pointsfrom 3.63%
Average, 2015–2024
0.475%10 years
Record high and low
16.5% (1979)low −0.50% (2020)

Central bank policy rate

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Recent values

Percent

YearValue
20262.00Forecast
20252.38Forecast
20243.56
20233.63
20220.438
2021-0.50
2020-0.50
2019-0.45
2018-0.40
2017-0.40
2016-0.40
2015-0.225

Sources

  • Homer & Sylla1942–1989
  • Grimm1952–2023
  • OECD Main Economic Indicators (archive)1955–1971
  • OECD Economic Outlook1999–2025
  • OECD Economic Outlook (forecast)2025–2027

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Ireland 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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