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ECB Interest Rate Decision

ECB Interest Rate Decision 16 March 2023

ECB Interest Rate Decision 16 March 2023: 3.5%, in line with the forecast and up from 3% in February 2023. It is the highest of the last 12 releases. It was released on Thu 16 Mar 2023 at 13:15 UTC.

These figures were verified on 4 Oct 2026 from the source: European Central Bank. This page reports the release as published: the figures, the consensus forecast and what a print like it usually does to the currency.

Actual
3.5%
Forecast
3.5%
The market consensus
Previous
3%
As the source gives it

What a print like this usually does

In line with the forecast: If the decision matches pricing, the euro may move little at first; traders will focus on the statement and press conference for clues about future rates.

ECB Interest Rate Decision 16 March 2023: 3.5% against a 3.5% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
16 Mar 2023—3.5%3.5%3%
2 Feb 2023—3%3%2.5%
15 Dec 2022—2.5%2.5%2%
27 Oct 2022—2%2%1.25%
8 Sep 2022—1.25%1.25%0.5%
21 Jul 2022—0.5%0.25%0%
9 Jun 2022—0%0%0%
14 Apr 2022—0.0%0%0.0%
10 Mar 2022—0.0%0%0.0%
3 Feb 2022—0.0%0%0.0%
16 Dec 2021—0.0%0%0.0%
28 Oct 2021—0.0%0%0.0%
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