Central Bank Rate Decisions Tracker
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August 2026
Trade Policy
Interest rate decisions, forward guidance changes, and dissenting votes from the Federal Reserve, European Central Bank, Bank of England, and Bank of Japan, structured each month from central bank announcements, press conference transcripts, and financial news. Each record includes the central bank, action type (rate hold, hike, or cut), rate change in basis points, new rate level, announcement date, and key officials. CatchAll scanned 9,932 web pages for the May 2026 edition. The Federal Reserve generates the most records due to the volume of FOMC-related coverage and minutes releases.
Federal Reserve, ECB, Bank of England, or Bank of Japan announced an interest rate decision or material change to forward guidance
Fixed income traders and macro hedge funds use it to track rate decision events and dissenting vote patterns across the four major central banks. Economists and research teams use it to monitor policy divergence between the Fed, ECB, BoE, and BoJ. Financial journalists use it as a structured source for covering FOMC, MPC, and ECB governing council decisions. Corporate treasury teams use it to monitor the rate environment affecting their borrowing costs.
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<h3>Are both rate decisions and forward guidance changes included?</h3><p>Yes. Both formal rate decisions (hold, hike, or cut) and standalone forward guidance changes — such as shifts in meeting statement language or official speeches signalling a policy change — are included and distinguished by action type.</p><h3>Are dissenting votes captured?</h3><p>Yes. Where a committee member voted against the majority decision, their name and the nature of their dissent are captured in a dedicated field.</p><h3>Which central banks are covered?</h3><p>The Federal Reserve (FOMC), European Central Bank (Governing Council), Bank of England (Monetary Policy Committee), and Bank of Japan. The Fed generates the most records due to the volume of FOMC-related coverage and minutes releases.</p><h3>What is the refresh rate of this dataset?</h3><p>We rerun this dataset once a month. You can create your own dataset that updates as frequently as every one hour on <a href="https://platform.newscatcherapi.com/catchall">platform.newscatcherapi.com/catchall</a></p>