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Switzerland: Central bank policy rate

Percent · 1838–2025 · 188 observations · forecasts to 2026 · cbrate

2025
0%percent
Change on 2024
−0.5 pointsfrom 0.50%
Average, 2016–2025
−0.125%10 years
Record high and low
7.00% (1991)low −0.75% (2015)

Central bank policy rate

Report error
-2%0%2%4%6%8%18501875190019251950197520002025SwitzerlandSwitzerland
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Recent values

Percent

YearValue
20260.50Forecast
20250
20240.50
20231.75
20221.00
2021-0.75
2020-0.75
2019-0.75
2018-0.75
2017-0.75
2016-0.75

Sources

  • Swiss National Bank1838–1998
  • Flandreau & Zumer1880–1913
  • Historical Statistics of Switzerland1881–1992
  • Homer & Sylla1900–1989
  • Grimm1945–2023
  • Bank for International Settlements1946–2025
  • OECD Main Economic Indicators (archive)1955–1971
  • IMF International Financial Statistics1985–2025
  • OECD Economic Outlook2000–2025
  • 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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