UK Interest Rates

The current Base Rate is 4.50% Last Change: 10th June 2004 View Base Rate Graph 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 2001 | 2003 |2004| Year Month Rate(%) Change 1985 Jan 14.00 - Mar 13.50 -0.5 Apr 12.75 -0.75 May 12.50 -0.25 Jul 11.50 -1.0 1986 Jan 12.50 +1.0 Mar 11.50 -1.0 Apr 10.50 -1.0 May 10.00 -0.5 Oct 11.00 +1.0 1987 Mar 10.00 -1.0 Apr 9.50 -0.5 May 9.00 -0.5 Aug 10.00 +1.0 Oct 9.50 -0.5 Nov 9.00 -0.5 Dec 8.50 -0.5 1988 Feb 9.00 +0.5 Mar 8.50 -0.5 Apr 8.00 -0.5 May 7.50 -0.5 Jun 9.50 +2.0 Jul 10.50 -1.0 Aug 12.00 +1.5 Nov 13.00 +1.0 1989 May 14.00 +1.0 Oct 15.00 +1.0 1990 Oct 14.00 -1.0 1991 Feb 13.00 -1.0 Mar 12.50 -0.5 Apr 12.00 -0.5 May 11.50 -0.5 Jul 11.00 -0.5 Sep 10.50 -0.5 1992 May 10.00 -0.5 Sep 9.00 -1.0 Oct 8.00 -1.0 Nov 7.00 -1.0 1993 Jan 6.00 -1.0 Nov 5.50 -0.5 1994 Feb 5.25 -0.25 Sep 5.75 +0.5 Dec 6.25 +0.5 1995 Feb 6.75 +0.5 Dec 6.50 -0.25 1996 Jan 6.25 -0.25 Mar 6.00 -0.25 Jun 5.75 -0.25 Oct 6.00 +0.25 1997 May 6.25 +0.25 Jun 6.50 +0.25 Jul 6.75 +0.25 Aug 7.00 +0.25 Nov 7.25 +0.25 1998 June 7.50 +0.25 Oct 7.25 -0.25 Nov 6.75 -0.50 Dec 6.25 -0.50 1999 Jan 6.00 -0.25 Feb 5.50 -0.50 Feb 5.25 -0.25 Jun 5.00 -0.25 Sept 5.25 +0.25 4th Nov 5.50 +0.25 2000 14th Jan 5.75 +0.25 10th Feb 6.00 +0.25 2001 8th Feb 5.75 -0.25 5th Apr 5.50 -0.25 10th May 5.25 -0.25 2nd Aug 5.00 -0.25 19th Sept 4.75 -0.25 3rd Oct 4.50 -0.25 8th Nov 4.00 -0.50 2003 7th Feb 3.75 -0.25 10th Jul 3.50 -0.25   6th Nov 3.75 +0.25 2004 5th Feb 4.00 +0.25 6th May 4.25 +0.25   10th June 4.50 +0.25 View Base Rate Graph Top