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Policy rate: deposit facility rate

The ECB sets three key interest rates: the deposit facility rate (the headline recorded here), the main refinancing operations rate and the marginal lending facility rate. Since 18 September 2024 the MRO rate sits 15 basis points above the deposit facility rate and the marginal lending rate 25 basis points above the MRO rate.

Rate in force

2.50%

since 16 Sept 2026 · ecb.europa.eu/stats/key-ecb-interest-rates/…

Last observed decision

raise

Date
Rate
2.25%↑2.50%
Statement
ecb.europa.eu/press/pr/date/2026/html/ecb.m…

Next meeting

Announced
14:15 Berlin time
Status
on the calendar
Source
ecb.europa.eu/press/calendars/mgcgc/html/in…

Sources

The kinds of page this bank publishes. URLs are copied from the bank's own index, feed or sitemap, never built from the pattern. A source settles a question only once its reads total at least 5 right and 0 wrong.

SourceFound atPatternExampleReads (right / wrong / void)Status
Decision statementecb.europa.eu/press/govcdec/mopo/html/index…https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/pr/date/<YYYY>/html/ecb.mp<YYMMDD>~<10-hex hash>.en.htmlecb.europa.eu/press/pr/date/2026/html/ecb.m…no reads yetnot resolvable yet
Calendarecb.europa.eu/press/calendars/mgcgc/html/in…Single page listing upcoming Governing Council meetings as DD/MM/YYYY rows; the monetary policy decision day is the row "monetary policy meeting in Frankfurt (Day 2), followed by press conference".ecb.europa.eu/press/calendars/mgcgc/html/in…no reads yetnot resolvable yet
Rate historyecb.europa.eu/sitemap.xmlSingle table page: Date (with effect from), deposit facility, MRO, marginal lending facility.ecb.europa.eu/stats/key-ecb-interest-rates/…0 / 0 / 64 Oct 2026: 0 / 0 / 17 Oct 2026: 0 / 0 / 5not resolvable yet
Press feedecb.europa.eu/rssRSS 2.0 of all ECB press items, pubDate with +0200/+0100 offset; item links have a doubled slash (https://www.ecb.europa.eu//press/...).ecb.europa.eu/rss/press.htmlno reads yetnot resolvable yet

The bank's terms

In the bank's own words, summarised. We copy only the bare facts of a decision (date, rate, direction) and link to the bank for everything else.

Information on the ECB website may be reused provided it is reproduced accurately and the ECB is cited as the source; changes (e.g. seasonal adjustment) must be disclosed, sellers of documents including it must say it is free on the ECB site, and authored papers need prior written permission.
Terms page: ecb.europa.eu/services/disclaimer/html/inde…

ecb.europa.eu/home/html/index.en.htmlecb.europa.eu/press/govcdec/mopo/html/index…ecb.europa.eu/press/calendars/mgcgc/html/in…ecb.europa.eu/rss/press.html

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