Rate-decision guide

How to follow interest-rate decisions on one calendar

Interest-rate decisions are scheduled events, but each central bank publishes its own calendar, often in a local timezone. One subscribed feed is easier than checking a different website the night before. This guide links the rate-decision pages we publish so you can see the dates, then start a Pro trial to keep them on Google Calendar, Apple Calendar or Outlook.

This is a calendar-oriented checklist of interest-rate decisions we cover, not a forecast of which meeting will move currencies or bonds. It is not a "next Fed meeting" schedule and does not rank banks by market impact. Unscheduled statements and speeches can also matter and are not numbered items here.

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  1. FOMC: the US policy-rate decision

    The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) is the Federal Reserve panel that sets US monetary policy. Its scheduled decision is the US rate event most people put on a calendar.

    This guide is about following the date, not ranking the next meeting's market impact. Use the schedule page for the stored date and time, then keep it on the same feed as other banks.

    See FOMC Meeting Dates

    Calendar the decision instead of relying on a remembered Fed week.

  2. ECB: euro-area policy dates

    The European Central Bank (ECB) sets policy for the euro area. Its meetings follow a published schedule in European time.

    Keeping the date on the same calendar as the Fed helps you see a busy policy week before it starts. The page shows the stored time in the source timezone.

    See ECB Meeting Dates

    Add the ECB date before the European session, not after the statement.

  3. Bank of England: UK policy dates

    The Bank of England's monetary-policy committee decides the UK policy rate on published dates. The announcement is useful for sterling and UK financing conditions.

    If you already follow the ECB, the BoE date belongs nearby. One feed is easier than checking two official calendars.

    See Bank of England Meeting Dates

    Keep UK policy dates next to the other European announcements you watch.

  4. Bank of Japan: a different timezone, same habit

    The Bank of Japan (BoJ) publishes policy-meeting dates that often fall outside US market hours. The time can be marked TBA when the official schedule does not promise a clock time.

    A calendar reminder is especially useful here because the decision can arrive while US investors are asleep.

    See Bank of Japan Meeting Dates

    Follow the Japan schedule so a timezone difference does not hide the date.

  5. Reserve Bank of Australia

    The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) sets Australian monetary policy on a published schedule. The decision can matter for the Australian dollar and domestic borrowing costs.

    If you watch Asia-Pacific policy, this date belongs on the same calendar as Japan rather than on a separate spreadsheet.

    See RBA Meeting Dates

    Keep Australian announcements visible before your own session.

  6. Bank of Canada

    The Bank of Canada publishes policy-rate dates that sit close to the US calendar. Investors often read them alongside US data and energy prices, but the announcement is still a Canadian policy event.

    Putting it on the same feed as the FOMC makes a North American policy week easier to see in advance.

    See Bank of Canada Meeting Dates

    Calendar Canadian dates next to the US releases that inform them.

  7. Brazil's Copom

    Copom is the policy committee of Banco Central do Brasil. It sets the Selic target on published dates.

    If you follow emerging-market rates, this is one of the meeting calendars we maintain. Use the page for the stored date rather than mixing it with another bank's schedule.

    See BCB Copom Meeting Dates

    Add Copom dates instead of copying them into a personal sheet.

  8. Reserve Bank of India

    The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) publishes monetary-policy meeting dates. The announcement is a useful India-rates checkpoint for a global calendar.

    Like other non-US banks, the value of the reminder is that the date is stored in the local timezone and converted by your calendar app.

    See RBI Meeting Dates

    Keep RBI dates on the same feed as the other policy events you follow.

  9. All G20+ rate-decision calendars

    The central-banks hub lists the G20+ authorities we cover, with links to each schedule page and the next stored date when one is available.

    Use it when you want the full picker rather than one bank. Saudi Arabia and Argentina are explained as cases where we do not invent a meeting calendar.

    See all G20+ rate-decision calendars

    Open the hub when you need more than the core four banks.

  10. China: understand the rates, do not expect one meeting

    The People's Bank of China influences financing conditions through several tools, including a seven-day reverse repo rate and Loan Prime Rates. That is not one FOMC-style meeting.

    Our China page explains those rates. It is not a single-date calendar and is not included as a subscriber meeting event. Read it so you do not look for a date that does not exist.

    Read the China interest-rate explainer

    Use the explainer when you need context, not a fake meeting date.

Also watched, not on this list yet

These releases matter too. We do not currently publish dedicated schedule pages for them.

Speeches and unscheduled statements
Officials can move markets between meetings. Those events are not a stable date list, so they are not numbered items here.
Other emerging-market policy dates
More central banks publish schedules than we list in this guide. Use the G20+ hub for the banks we currently calendar.

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Questions about market events

What is an interest-rate decision?

A scheduled policy announcement from a central bank about its policy rate or related guidance. The statement can matter even when the rate does not change.

Is this a ranking of the most important central banks?

This is a calendar-oriented checklist of interest-rate decisions we cover, not a forecast of which meeting will move currencies or bonds. It is not a "next Fed meeting" schedule and does not rank banks by market impact. Unscheduled statements and speeches can also matter and are not numbered items here.

How do I add these dates to Google, Apple or Outlook?

Start a Pro trial, then subscribe to your private ICS feed in your calendar app. The Google Calendar setup guide shows the steps. A subscription receives later date changes.

Will the calendar update if a meeting date changes?

A subscribed feed can pick up a published change the next time your calendar app checks it. Open the linked schedule page if you need the latest stored date immediately.

Why is China listed if it has no single meeting calendar?

China's central bank uses more than one policy rate and does not publish one comparable meeting schedule. Our China page explains those rates; it is not a date feed.