Hong Kong Monetary Authority
Official base rate, 4.25% since 17 September 2026.
as of 30 Oct 2026 · BIS daily levels · 161 decisions since 1998
Hong Kong·HKD·all central banksLast
4.25%
17 September 2026
Previous
4.00%
11 December 2025
High since 1998
8.00%
17 May 2000
Low since 1998
0.50%
17 December 2008
Meetings a year
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schedule not on file
Next decision
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not published
Every decision
Newest first; a shaded row marks a change of instrument.
| Date | Level | Change | Instrument |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-17 | 4.25% | +0.25% | Official base rate |
| 2025-12-11 | 4.00% | −0.25% | Official base rate |
| 2025-10-30 | 4.25% | −0.25% | Official base rate |
| 2025-09-18 | 4.50% | −0.25% | Official base rate |
| 2024-12-19 | 4.75% | −0.25% | Official base rate |
| 2024-11-08 | 5.00% | −0.25% | Official base rate |
| 2024-09-19 | 5.25% | −0.50% | Official base rate |
| 2023-07-27 | 5.75% | +0.25% | Official base rate |
| 2023-05-04 | 5.50% | +0.25% | Official base rate |
| 2023-03-23 | 5.25% | +0.25% | Official base rate |
| 2023-02-02 | 5.00% | +0.25% | Official base rate |
| 2022-12-15 | 4.75% | +0.50% | Official base rate |
| 2022-12-08 | 4.25% | −0.09% | Official base rate |
| 2022-12-07 | 4.34% | +0.06% | Official base rate |
| 2022-12-06 | 4.28% | +0.03% | Official base rate |
| 2022-11-03 | 4.25% | +0.75% | Official base rate |
| 2022-09-22 | 3.50% | +0.75% | Official base rate |
| 2022-07-28 | 2.75% | +0.75% | Official base rate |
| 2022-06-16 | 2.00% | +0.75% | Official base rate |
| 2022-05-05 | 1.25% | +0.50% | Official base rate |
| 2022-03-17 | 0.75% | +0.25% | Official base rate |
| 2020-06-08 | 0.50% | −0.01% | Official base rate |
| 2020-06-05 | 0.51% | −0.04% | Official base rate |
| 2020-06-04 | 0.55% | −0.02% | Official base rate |
| 2020-06-03 | 0.57% | −0.02% | Official base rate |
| 2020-06-02 | 0.59% | −0.03% | Official base rate |
| 2020-05-29 | 0.62% | +0.06% | Official base rate |
| 2020-05-28 | 0.56% | +0.05% | Official base rate |
| 2020-05-27 | 0.51% | +0.01% | Official base rate |
| 2020-05-12 | 0.50% | −0.06% | Official base rate |
| 2020-05-11 | 0.56% | −0.06% | Official base rate |
| 2020-05-08 | 0.62% | −0.09% | Official base rate |
| 2020-05-07 | 0.71% | −0.11% | Official base rate |
| 2020-05-06 | 0.82% | −0.12% | Official base rate |
| 2020-05-05 | 0.94% | −0.09% | Official base rate |
| 2020-05-04 | 1.03% | −0.08% | Official base rate |
| 2020-04-29 | 1.11% | −0.05% | Official base rate |
| 2020-04-28 | 1.16% | −0.03% | Official base rate |
| 2020-04-27 | 1.19% | −0.01% | Official base rate |
| 2020-04-24 | 1.20% | +0.01% | Official base rate |
| 2020-04-23 | 1.19% | +0.01% | Official base rate |
| 2020-04-22 | 1.18% | −0.01% | Official base rate |
| 2020-04-21 | 1.19% | +0.01% | Official base rate |
| 2020-04-20 | 1.18% | −0.01% | Official base rate |
| 2020-04-17 | 1.19% | −0.02% | Official base rate |
| 2020-04-16 | 1.21% | −0.02% | Official base rate |
| 2020-04-15 | 1.23% | −0.03% | Official base rate |
| 2020-04-14 | 1.26% | −0.03% | Official base rate |
| 2020-04-08 | 1.29% | −0.11% | Official base rate |
| 2020-04-07 | 1.40% | −0.08% | Official base rate |
| 2020-04-06 | 1.48% | −0.08% | Official base rate |
| 2020-04-03 | 1.56% | −0.07% | Official base rate |
| 2020-04-02 | 1.63% | −0.09% | Official base rate |
| 2020-04-01 | 1.72% | +0.07% | Official base rate |
| 2020-03-31 | 1.65% | +0.08% | Official base rate |
| 2020-03-30 | 1.57% | +0.11% | Official base rate |
| 2020-03-27 | 1.46% | +0.07% | Official base rate |
| 2020-03-26 | 1.39% | +0.06% | Official base rate |
| 2020-03-25 | 1.33% | +0.04% | Official base rate |
| 2020-03-24 | 1.29% | +0.03% | Official base rate |
| 2020-03-23 | 1.26% | +0.07% | Official base rate |
| 2020-03-20 | 1.19% | +0.11% | Official base rate |
| 2020-03-19 | 1.08% | +0.10% | Official base rate |
| 2020-03-18 | 0.98% | +0.07% | Official base rate |
| 2020-03-17 | 0.91% | +0.05% | Official base rate |
| 2020-03-16 | 0.86% | −0.64% | Official base rate |
| 2020-03-04 | 1.50% | −0.50% | Official base rate |
| 2020-01-09 | 2.00% | −0.28% | Official base rate |
| 2020-01-08 | 2.28% | −0.13% | Official base rate |
| 2020-01-07 | 2.41% | −0.14% | Official base rate |
| 2020-01-06 | 2.55% | −0.13% | Official base rate |
| 2020-01-03 | 2.68% | −0.05% | Official base rate |
| 2020-01-02 | 2.73% | +0.24% | Official base rate |
| 2019-12-31 | 2.49% | +0.06% | Official base rate |
| 2019-12-30 | 2.43% | +0.08% | Official base rate |
| 2019-12-27 | 2.35% | +0.11% | Official base rate |
| 2019-12-24 | 2.24% | +0.03% | Official base rate |
| 2019-12-23 | 2.21% | +0.07% | Official base rate |
| 2019-12-20 | 2.14% | +0.07% | Official base rate |
| 2019-12-19 | 2.07% | +0.07% | Official base rate |
| 2019-11-27 | 2.00% | −0.03% | Official base rate |
| 2019-11-26 | 2.03% | −0.09% | Official base rate |
| 2019-11-25 | 2.12% | −0.09% | Official base rate |
| 2019-11-22 | 2.21% | −0.05% | Official base rate |
| 2019-11-21 | 2.26% | +0.02% | Official base rate |
| 2019-11-20 | 2.24% | +0.01% | Official base rate |
| 2019-11-19 | 2.23% | +0.10% | Official base rate |
| 2019-11-18 | 2.13% | +0.13% | Official base rate |
| 2019-10-31 | 2.00% | −0.25% | Official base rate |
| 2019-09-19 | 2.25% | −0.25% | Official base rate |
| 2019-08-01 | 2.50% | −0.25% | Official base rate |
| 2018-12-20 | 2.75% | +0.25% | Official base rate |
| 2018-09-27 | 2.50% | +0.25% | Official base rate |
| 2018-06-14 | 2.25% | +0.25% | Official base rate |
| 2018-03-22 | 2.00% | +0.25% | Official base rate |
| 2017-12-14 | 1.75% | +0.25% | Official base rate |
| 2017-06-15 | 1.50% | +0.25% | Official base rate |
| 2017-03-16 | 1.25% | +0.25% | Official base rate |
| 2016-12-15 | 1.00% | +0.25% | Official base rate |
| 2015-12-18 | 0.75% | +0.25% | Official base rate |
2026-09-174.25%
Official base rate+0.25%
2025-12-114.00%
Official base rate−0.25%
2025-10-304.25%
Official base rate−0.25%
2025-09-184.50%
Official base rate−0.25%
2024-12-194.75%
Official base rate−0.25%
2024-11-085.00%
Official base rate−0.25%
2024-09-195.25%
Official base rate−0.50%
2023-07-275.75%
Official base rate+0.25%
2023-05-045.50%
Official base rate+0.25%
2023-03-235.25%
Official base rate+0.25%
2023-02-025.00%
Official base rate+0.25%
2022-12-154.75%
Official base rate+0.50%
Where these numbers come from
Derived entirely from BIS daily policy-rate levels (WS_CBPOL); every day the level differs from the prior day is a change day. The BIS COMPILATION text did not parse into dated eras, so the whole run is tagged with a single instrument name taken from that text.