The table below shows both the current and historical Bank of England base rates together with an average rates running from January 1975.
In addition to the table a graph is also provided which can be viewed or downloaded in PDF format and provides a pictorial representation of the movements in the Bank of England interest rates.
The graph and the table will be updated as further base rate changes are made.
| Date |
Base Rate |
Average Rate |
10/04/08
07/02/08
06/12/07
05/07/07
10/05/07
11/01/07
09/11/06
03/08/06
04/08/05
05/08/04
10/06/04
06/05/04
05/02/04
06/11/03
10/07/03
06/02/03
08/11/01
04/10/01
18/09/01
02/08/01
10/05/01
05/04/01
08/02/01
10/02/00
13/01/00
04/11/99
08/09/99
10/06/99
08/04/99
04/02/99
07/01/99
10/12/98
05/11/98
08/10/98
04/06/98
06/11/97
07/08/97
10/07/97
06/06/97
06/05/97
30/10/96
06/06/96
08/03/96
18/01/96
13/12/95
02/02/95
07/12/94
12/09/94
08/02/94
23/11/93
26/01/93
13/11/92
16/10/92
22/09/92
05/05/92
04/09/91
12/07/91
24/05/91
12/04/91
22/03/91
27/02/91
13/02/91
08/10/90
06/10/89
08/09/89
04/09/89
31/08/89
25/05/89
25/11/88
25/08/88
08/08/88
21/07/88
07/07/88
24/06/88
10/06/88
03/06/88
17/05/88
08/04/88
17/03/88
01/02/88
03/12/87
04/11/87
23/10/87
06/08/87
08/05/87
28/04/87
18/03/87
09/03/87
15/10/86
23/05/86
18/04/86
11/04/86
19/03/86
15/01/86
26/07/85
11/07/85
19/04/85
28/03/85
20/03/85
28/01/85
14/01/85
23/11/84
19/11/84
05/11/84
17/08/84
16/08/84
09/08/84
08/08/84
11/07/84
06/07/84
29/06/84
10/05/84
22/03/84
21/03/84
14/03/84
07/03/84
03/10/83
10/08/83
09/08/83
14/06/83
13/06/83
14/04/83
13/04/83
15/03/83
12/01/83
26/11/82
02/11/82
01/11/82
12/10/82
30/09/82
29/09/82
28/09/82
27/09/82
27/08/82
26/08/82
25/08/82
24/08/82
17/08/82
16/08/82
04/08/82
02/08/82
30/07/82
29/07/82
28/07/82
26/07/82
21/07/82
13/07/82
12/07/82
09/07/82
08/06/82
20/04/82
19/04/82
16/04/82
10/03/82
25/02/82
22/02/82
22/01/82
21/01/82
20/01/82
19/01/82
18/01/82
04/12/81
25/11/81
09/11/81
06/11/81
28/10/81
12/10/81
15/09/81
25/08/81
11/03/81
25/11/80
03/07/80
15/11/79
13/06/79
05/04/79
01/03/79
08/02/79
09/11/78
08/06/78
15/05/78
08/05/78
12/04/78
09/01/78
28/11/77
17/10/77
10/10/77
19/09/77
12/09/77
15/08/77
08/08/77
16/05/77
02/05/77
25/04/77
18/04/77
12/04/77
31/03/77
21/03/77
10/03/77
03/02/77
31/01/77
24/01/77
10/01/77
29/12/76
20/12/76
22/11/76
07/10/76
13/09/76
24/05/76
26/04/76
08/03/76
01/03/76
09/02/76
02/02/76
26/01/76
19/01/76
05/01/76
29/12/75
01/12/75
17/11/75
06/10/75
28/07/75
05/05/75
21/04/75
24/03/75
10/03/75
17/02/75
10/02/75
27/01/75
20/01/75 |
5.00%
5.25%
5.50%
5.75%
5.50%
5.25%
5.00%
4.75%
4.50%
4.75%
4.50%
4.25%
4.00%
3.75%
3.50%
3.75%
4.00%
4.50%
4.75%
5.00%
5.25%
5.50%
5.75%
6.00%
5.75%
5.50%
5.25%
5.00%
5.25%
5.50%
6.00%
6.25%
6.75%
7.25%
7.50%
7.25%
7.00%
6.75%
6.50%
6.25%
5.94%
5.69%
5.94%
6.13%
6.38%
6.63%
6.13%
5.63%
5.13%
5.38%
5.88%
6.88%
7.88%
8.88%
9.88%
10.38%
10.88%
11.38%
11.88%
12.38%
12.88%
13.38%
13.88%
14.88%
13.75%
13.88%
13.84%
13.75%
12.88%
11.88%
10.88%
10.38%
9.88%
8.88%
8.38%
7.88%
7.38%
7.88%
8.38%
8.88%
8.38%
8.88%
9.38%
9.88%
8.88%
9.38%
9.88%
10.38%
10.88%
9.88%
10.38%
10.88%
11.38%
12.38%
11.38%
11.88%
12.38%
12.88%
13.38%
13.88%
11.88%
9.50%
9.75%
10.00%
10.50%
10.75%
11.00%
11.50%
12.00%
10.00%
8.88%
9.06%
8.56%
8.05%
8.56%
8.81%
9.06%
9.56%
9.44%
9.56%
9.81%
10.06%
10.31%
10.56%
11.00%
10.00%
9.13%
9.38%
9.63%
10.13%
10.25%
10.38%
10.50%
10.63%
10.88%
11.00%
11.13%
11.25%
11.38%
11.50%
11.56%
11.63%
11.75%
11.81%
11.94%
12.06%
12.13%
12.25%
12.50%
12.63%
13.13%
13.00%
13.13%
13.25%
13.63%
13.81%
13.88%
14.00%
14.13%
14.25%
14.31%
14.38%
14.56%
14.63%
15.06%
15.13%
15.00%
14.00%
12.69%
12.00%
14.00%
16.00%
17.00%
14.00%
12.00%
13.00%
14.00%
12.50%
10.00%
9.00%
8.75%
7.50%
6.50%
7.00%
5.00%
5.50%
6.00%
6.50%
7.00%
7.50%
8.00%
8.25%
8.75%
9.00%
9.25%
9.50%
10.50%
11.00%
12.00%
12.25%
13.25%
14.00%
14.25%
14.50%
14.75%
15.00%
13.00%
11.50%
10.50%
9.00%
9.25%
9.50%
10.00%
10.50%
10.75%
11.00%
11.25%
11.50%
11.75%
12.00%
11.00%
10.00%
9.75%
10.00%
10.25%
10.50%
10.75%
11.00%
11.25% |
5.00%
5.13%
5.25%
5.38%
5.40%
5.38%
5.32%
5.25%
5.17%
5.13%
5.07%
5.00%
4.92%
4.84%
4.75%
4.69%
4.65%
4.64%
4.64%
4.66%
4.69%
4.73%
4.77%
4.82%
4.86%
4.88%
4.90%
4.90%
4.91%
4.93%
4.97%
5.01%
5.06%
5.13%
5.19%
5.25%
5.30%
5.34%
5.37%
5.39%
5.40%
5.41%
5.42%
5.44%
5.46%
5.48%
5.50%
5.50%
5.49%
5.49%
5.50%
5.52%
5.57%
5.63%
5.71%
5.79%
5.88%
5.97%
6.07%
6.18%
6.29%
6.40%
6.52%
6.65%
6.76%
6.87%
6.97%
7.07%
7.16%
7.23%
7.28%
7.32%
7.36%
7.38%
7.39%
7.40%
7.40%
7.40%
7.41%
7.43%
7.44%
7.46%
7.48%
7.51%
7.53%
7.55%
7.58%
7.61%
7.65%
7.67%
7.70%
7.74%
7.77%
7.82%
7.86%
7.90%
7.95%
8.00%
8.05%
8.11%
8.15%
8.16%
8.18%
8.20%
8.22%
8.24%
8.27%
8.30%
8.33%
8.35%
8.35%
8.36%
8.36%
8.36%
8.36%
8.36%
8.37%
8.38%
8.39%
8.40%
8.41%
8.42%
8.44%
8.45%
8.47%
8.49%
8.49%
8.50%
8.51%
8.52%
8.53%
8.55%
8.56%
8.58%
8.59%
8.61%
8.63%
8.65%
8.67%
8.69%
8.71%
8.73%
8.75%
8.77%
8.79%
8.82%
8.84%
8.86%
8.89%
8.91%
8.94%
8.97%
8.99%
9.02%
9.05%
9.08%
9.11%
9.14%
9.17%
9.21%
9.24%
9.27%
9.30%
9.33%
9.37%
9.40%
9.44%
9.46%
9.48%
9.50%
9.52%
9.56%
9.61%
9.63%
9.64%
9.66%
9.69%
9.70%
9.71%
9.70%
9.70%
9.68%
9.67%
9.65%
9.63%
9.60%
9.59%
9.57%
9.56%
9.54%
9.54%
9.53%
9.53%
9.52%
9.52%
9.52%
9.53%
9.53%
9.55%
9.56%
9.58%
9.60%
9.62%
9.65%
9.67%
9.70%
9.71%
9.72%
9.73%
9.72%
9.72%
9.72%
9.72%
9.72%
9.73%
9.73%
9.74%
9.75%
9.76%
9.77%
9.77%
9.78%
9.78%
9.78%
9.78%
9.78%
9.79%
9.79%
9.80% |
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