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Central Bank Policy Rates — Fed Funds Rate, Bank of England Bank Rate, Bank of Canada and RBA Cash Rate, Daily History

Official policy interest rates as published by the central banks, business-daily with full history: United States effective federal funds rate (Federal Reserve H.15, since 1954), United Kingdom Bank Rate (Bank of England, since 1975), Canada target for the overnight rate (Bank of Canada, since 2009), Australia cash rate target (RBA, since 2011). For the euro area use ecb-key-interest-rates. Options for country: US (United States, effective federal funds rate (Federal Reserve H.15, RIFSPFF_N.B)), GB (United Kingdom, official Bank Rate (Bank of England, IUDBEDR)), CA (Canada, target for the overnight rate (Bank of Canada, V39079)), AU (Australia, cash rate target (Reserve Bank of Australia, FIRMMCRTD)).

Call it (no API key)

GET https://api.agentdatahub.de/api/v1/call/central-bank-policy-rates?country=US&compact=1

Full metadata: verbose=1 · Markdown: format=llm · Only some fields: add &fields=a,b.c · MCP: tool call_api with {"apiId":"central-bank-policy-rates"}

Parameters

countryCountry (ISO-2 code or name): US, GB, CA, AU (required; several comma-separated to compare, up to 10): US, GB, CA, AU
fromOptional start YYYY, YYYY-MM or YYYY-MM-DD
toOptional end YYYY, YYYY-MM or YYYY-MM-DD
lastNumber of most recent periods when no from/to is given, 1-500 (default: 13)

Example response (live, compact)

{
  "apiId": "central-bank-policy-rates",
  "data_freshness": "live",
  "data": {
    "country": "US",
    "series": "United States, effective federal funds rate (Federal Reserve H.15, RIFSPFF_N.B)",
    "unit": "% per year",
    "frequency": "D",
    "latest": {
      "period": "2026-10-29",
      "value": 3.88
    },
    "history": [
      {
        "period": "2026-10-17",
        "value": 3.88
      },
      {
        "period": "2026-10-18",
        "value": 3.88
      },
      {
        "period": "2026-10-19",
        "value": 3.88
      },
      {
        "period": "2026-10-20",
        "value": 3.88
      },
      {
        "period": "2026-10-21",
        "value": 3.88
      },
      {
        "period": "2026-10-22",
        "value": 3.88
      },
      {
        "period": "2026-10-23",
        "value": 3.88
      },
      {
        "period": "2026-10-24",
        "value": 3.88
      },
      {
        "period": "2026-10-25",
        "value": 3.88
      },
      {
        "period": "2026-10-26",
        "value": 3.88
      },
      {
        "period": "2026-10-27",
        "value": 3.88
      },
      {
        "period": "2026-10-28",
        "value": 3.88
      },
      {
        "period": "2026-10-29",
        "value": 3.88
      }
    ],
    "available": {
      "from": "1954-07-01",
      "to": "2026-10-29",
      "points": 26419
    },
    "note": "Market rate within the FOMC target range (volume-weighted median, calculated by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York); the target range itself is set at FOMC meetings.",
    "verification": {
      "checked_at": "2026-10-31T20:51:28.013Z",
      "checks": [
        {
          "period": "2026-10-23",
          "field": "value",
          "expected": 3.88,
          "ok": true,
          "evidence": "Federal Reserve H.15 release of 2026-10-30 (federalreserve.gov/releases/h15): Federal funds (effective) 2026 Oct 23 = 3.88"
        },
        {
          "period": "2026-10-27",
          "field": "value",
          "expected": 3.88,
          "ok": true,
          "evidence": "Federal Reserve H.15 release of 2026-10-30: Federal funds (effective) 2026 Oct 27 = 3.88"
        }
      ]
    },
    "source": {
      "publisher": "Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (H.15)",
      "licence": "Public domain (Federal Reserve Board website information)",
      "licence_url": "https://www.federalreserve.gov/disclaimer.htm",
      "series_title": "Federal funds effective rate"
    },
    "attribution": "Source: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, H.15 Selected Interest Rates"
  },
  "source": "Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (H.15); Bank of England; Bank of Canada; Reserve Bank of Australia",
  "source_url": "https://www.federalreserve.gov/disclaimer.htm",
  "license": "Public domain (Federal Reserve Board website information); UK Open Government Licence v3.0 (Bank of England database); Bank of Canada terms of use (free use, copying and distribution with attribution); RBA copyright notice s.4: the Cash Rate may be used and published for personal or commercial use",
  "licence_status": "yellow"
}

Recorded history available: /api/v1/history/central-bank-policy-rates?country=US

Source & license

SourceBoard of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (H.15); Bank of England; Bank of Canada; Reserve Bank of Australia
LicensePublic domain (Federal Reserve Board website information); UK Open Government Licence v3.0 (Bank of England database); Bank of Canada terms of use (free use, copying and distribution with attribution); RBA copyright notice s.4: the Cash Rate may be used and published for personal or commercial use
Source URLhttps://www.federalreserve.gov/disclaimer.htm
Termshttps://www.federalreserve.gov/disclaimer.htm
CategoryFinance & Markets › Central Banks & Policy Rates