Hong Kong Monetary Authority
Official base rate, 4.00% since 11 December 2025.
as of 2026-09-08 · BIS daily levels · 160 decisions since 1998
Hong Kong·HKD·all central banks2026-09-08 · 4.00%
Every decision
Newest first; a shaded row marks a change of instrument.
| Date | Level | Change | Instrument |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 2008-12-17 | 0.50% | −1.00% | Official base rate |
| 2008-10-30 | 1.50% | −0.50% | Official base rate |
| 2008-10-09 | 2.00% | −1.50% | Official base rate |
| 2008-05-02 | 3.50% | −0.25% | Official base rate |
| 2008-03-19 | 3.75% | −0.75% | Official base rate |
| 2008-01-31 | 4.50% | −0.50% | Official base rate |
| 2008-01-23 | 5.00% | −0.75% | Official base rate |
| 2007-12-12 | 5.75% | −0.25% | Official base rate |
| 2007-11-01 | 6.00% | −0.25% | Official base rate |
| 2007-09-19 | 6.25% | −0.50% | Official base rate |
| 2006-06-30 | 6.75% | +0.25% | Official base rate |
| 2006-05-11 | 6.50% | +0.25% | Official base rate |
| 2006-03-29 | 6.25% | +0.25% | Official base rate |
| 2006-02-01 | 6.00% | +0.25% | Official base rate |
| 2005-12-14 | 5.75% | +0.25% | Official base rate |
| 2005-11-02 | 5.50% | +0.25% | Official base rate |
| 2005-09-21 | 5.25% | +0.25% | Official base rate |
| 2005-08-10 | 5.00% | +0.25% | Official base rate |
| 2005-07-02 | 4.75% | +0.25% | Official base rate |
| 2005-05-04 | 4.50% | +0.25% | Official base rate |
| 2005-03-23 | 4.25% | +0.25% | Official base rate |
| 2005-02-03 | 4.00% | +0.25% | Official base rate |
| 2004-12-15 | 3.75% | +0.25% | Official base rate |
| 2004-11-11 | 3.50% | +0.25% | Official base rate |
| 2004-09-22 | 3.25% | +0.25% | Official base rate |
| 2004-08-11 | 3.00% | +0.25% | Official base rate |
| 2004-07-02 | 2.75% | +0.25% | Official base rate |
| 2003-06-26 | 2.50% | −0.25% | Official base rate |
| 2002-11-07 | 2.75% | −0.50% | Official base rate |
| 2001-12-12 | 3.25% | −0.25% | Official base rate |
| 2001-11-07 | 3.50% | −0.50% | Official base rate |
| 2001-10-03 | 4.00% | −0.50% | Official base rate |
| 2001-09-18 | 4.50% | −0.50% | Official base rate |
| 2001-08-22 | 5.00% | −0.25% | Official base rate |
| 2001-06-28 | 5.25% | −0.25% | Official base rate |
| 2001-05-16 | 5.50% | −0.50% | Official base rate |
| 2001-04-19 | 6.00% | −0.50% | Official base rate |
| 2001-03-21 | 6.50% | −0.50% | Official base rate |
| 2001-02-01 | 7.00% | −0.50% | Official base rate |
| 2001-01-04 | 7.50% | −0.50% | Official base rate |
| 2000-05-17 | 8.00% | +0.50% | Official base rate |
| 2000-03-22 | 7.50% | +0.25% | Official base rate |
| 2000-02-03 | 7.25% | +0.25% | Official base rate |
| 1999-11-17 | 7.00% | +0.25% | Official base rate |
| 1999-08-25 | 6.75% | +0.25% | Official base rate |
| 1999-07-02 | 6.50% | +0.25% | Official base rate |
| 1998-11-18 | 6.25% | −0.25% | Official base rate |
| 1998-10-31 | 6.50% | −0.10% | Official base rate |
| 1998-10-30 | 6.60% | +0.10% | Official base rate |
| 1998-10-16 | 6.50% | −0.25% | Official base rate |
| 1998-10-07 | 6.75% | −0.13% | Official base rate |
| 1998-09-30 | 6.88% | −0.12% | Official base rate |
| 1998-09-23 | 7.00% | −0.06% | Official base rate |
| 1998-09-22 | 7.06% | −0.07% | Official base rate |
| 1998-09-19 | 7.13% | −0.12% | Official base rate |
| 1998-09-18 | 7.25% | −0.25% | Official base rate |
| 1998-09-16 | 7.50% | +0.25% | Official base rate |
| 1998-09-15 | 7.25% | +0.19% | Official base rate |
| 1998-09-12 | 7.06% | +0.06% | Official base rate |
| 1998-09-08 | 7.00% | −0.06% | Official base rate |
| 1998-09-07 | 7.06% | — | Official base rate |
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%
2022-12-084.25%
Official base rate−0.09%
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2022-12-074.34%
Official base rate+0.06%
2022-12-064.28%
Official base rate+0.03%
2022-11-034.25%
Official base rate+0.75%
2022-09-223.50%
Official base rate+0.75%
2022-07-282.75%
Official base rate+0.75%
2022-06-162.00%
Official base rate+0.75%
2022-05-051.25%
Official base rate+0.50%
2022-03-170.75%
Official base rate+0.25%
2020-06-080.50%
Official base rate−0.01%
2020-06-050.51%
Official base rate−0.04%
2020-06-040.55%
Official base rate−0.02%
2020-06-030.57%
Official base rate−0.02%
2020-06-020.59%
Official base rate−0.03%
2020-05-290.62%
Official base rate+0.06%
2020-05-280.56%
Official base rate+0.05%
2020-05-270.51%
Official base rate+0.01%
2020-05-120.50%
Official base rate−0.06%
2020-05-110.56%
Official base rate−0.06%
2020-05-080.62%
Official base rate−0.09%
2020-05-070.71%
Official base rate−0.11%
2020-05-060.82%
Official base rate−0.12%
2020-05-050.94%
Official base rate−0.09%
2020-05-041.03%
Official base rate−0.08%
2020-04-291.11%
Official base rate−0.05%
2020-04-281.16%
Official base rate−0.03%
2020-04-271.19%
Official base rate−0.01%
2020-04-241.20%
Official base rate+0.01%
2020-04-231.19%
Official base rate+0.01%
2020-04-221.18%
Official base rate−0.01%
2020-04-211.19%
Official base rate+0.01%
2020-04-201.18%
Official base rate−0.01%
2020-04-171.19%
Official base rate−0.02%
2020-04-161.21%
Official base rate−0.02%
2020-04-151.23%
Official base rate−0.03%
2020-04-141.26%
Official base rate−0.03%
2020-04-081.29%
Official base rate−0.11%
2020-04-071.40%
Official base rate−0.08%
2020-04-061.48%
Official base rate−0.08%
2020-04-031.56%
Official base rate−0.07%
2020-04-021.63%
Official base rate−0.09%
2020-04-011.72%
Official base rate+0.07%
2020-03-311.65%
Official base rate+0.08%
2020-03-301.57%
Official base rate+0.11%
2020-03-271.46%
Official base rate+0.07%
2020-03-261.39%
Official base rate+0.06%
2020-03-251.33%
Official base rate+0.04%
2020-03-241.29%
Official base rate+0.03%
2020-03-231.26%
Official base rate+0.07%
2020-03-201.19%
Official base rate+0.11%
2020-03-191.08%
Official base rate+0.10%
2020-03-180.98%
Official base rate+0.07%
2020-03-170.91%
Official base rate+0.05%
2020-03-160.86%
Official base rate−0.64%
2020-03-041.50%
Official base rate−0.50%
2020-01-092.00%
Official base rate−0.28%
2020-01-082.28%
Official base rate−0.13%
2020-01-072.41%
Official base rate−0.14%
2020-01-062.55%
Official base rate−0.13%
2020-01-032.68%
Official base rate−0.05%
2020-01-022.73%
Official base rate+0.24%
2019-12-312.49%
Official base rate+0.06%
2019-12-302.43%
Official base rate+0.08%
2019-12-272.35%
Official base rate+0.11%
2019-12-242.24%
Official base rate+0.03%
2019-12-232.21%
Official base rate+0.07%
2019-12-202.14%
Official base rate+0.07%
2019-12-192.07%
Official base rate+0.07%
2019-11-272.00%
Official base rate−0.03%
2019-11-262.03%
Official base rate−0.09%
2019-11-252.12%
Official base rate−0.09%
2019-11-222.21%
Official base rate−0.05%
2019-11-212.26%
Official base rate+0.02%
2019-11-202.24%
Official base rate+0.01%
2019-11-192.23%
Official base rate+0.10%
2019-11-182.13%
Official base rate+0.13%
2019-10-312.00%
Official base rate−0.25%
2019-09-192.25%
Official base rate−0.25%
2019-08-012.50%
Official base rate−0.25%
2018-12-202.75%
Official base rate+0.25%
2018-09-272.50%
Official base rate+0.25%
2018-06-142.25%
Official base rate+0.25%
2018-03-222.00%
Official base rate+0.25%
2017-12-141.75%
Official base rate+0.25%
2017-06-151.50%
Official base rate+0.25%
2017-03-161.25%
Official base rate+0.25%
2016-12-151.00%
Official base rate+0.25%
2015-12-180.75%
Official base rate+0.25%
2008-12-170.50%
Official base rate−1.00%
2008-10-301.50%
Official base rate−0.50%
2008-10-092.00%
Official base rate−1.50%
2008-05-023.50%
Official base rate−0.25%
2008-03-193.75%
Official base rate−0.75%
2008-01-314.50%
Official base rate−0.50%
2008-01-235.00%
Official base rate−0.75%
2007-12-125.75%
Official base rate−0.25%
2007-11-016.00%
Official base rate−0.25%
2007-09-196.25%
Official base rate−0.50%
2006-06-306.75%
Official base rate+0.25%
2006-05-116.50%
Official base rate+0.25%
2006-03-296.25%
Official base rate+0.25%
2006-02-016.00%
Official base rate+0.25%
2005-12-145.75%
Official base rate+0.25%
2005-11-025.50%
Official base rate+0.25%
2005-09-215.25%
Official base rate+0.25%
2005-08-105.00%
Official base rate+0.25%
2005-07-024.75%
Official base rate+0.25%
2005-05-044.50%
Official base rate+0.25%
2005-03-234.25%
Official base rate+0.25%
2005-02-034.00%
Official base rate+0.25%
2004-12-153.75%
Official base rate+0.25%
2004-11-113.50%
Official base rate+0.25%
2004-09-223.25%
Official base rate+0.25%
2004-08-113.00%
Official base rate+0.25%
2004-07-022.75%
Official base rate+0.25%
2003-06-262.50%
Official base rate−0.25%
2002-11-072.75%
Official base rate−0.50%
2001-12-123.25%
Official base rate−0.25%
2001-11-073.50%
Official base rate−0.50%
2001-10-034.00%
Official base rate−0.50%
2001-09-184.50%
Official base rate−0.50%
2001-08-225.00%
Official base rate−0.25%
2001-06-285.25%
Official base rate−0.25%
2001-05-165.50%
Official base rate−0.50%
2001-04-196.00%
Official base rate−0.50%
2001-03-216.50%
Official base rate−0.50%
2001-02-017.00%
Official base rate−0.50%
2001-01-047.50%
Official base rate−0.50%
2000-05-178.00%
Official base rate+0.50%
2000-03-227.50%
Official base rate+0.25%
2000-02-037.25%
Official base rate+0.25%
1999-11-177.00%
Official base rate+0.25%
1999-08-256.75%
Official base rate+0.25%
1999-07-026.50%
Official base rate+0.25%
1998-11-186.25%
Official base rate−0.25%
1998-10-316.50%
Official base rate−0.10%
1998-10-306.60%
Official base rate+0.10%
1998-10-166.50%
Official base rate−0.25%
1998-10-076.75%
Official base rate−0.13%
1998-09-306.88%
Official base rate−0.12%
1998-09-237.00%
Official base rate−0.06%
1998-09-227.06%
Official base rate−0.07%
1998-09-197.13%
Official base rate−0.12%
1998-09-187.25%
Official base rate−0.25%
1998-09-167.50%
Official base rate+0.25%
1998-09-157.25%
Official base rate+0.19%
1998-09-127.06%
Official base rate+0.06%
1998-09-087.00%
Official base rate−0.06%
1998-09-077.06%
Official base rate—
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.