Central Bank Rate Decisions Tracker
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June 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 in June 2026
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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<table class="catchall-table"><thead><tr><th style="min-width:40px">#</th><th style="min-width:280px">Event</th><th style="min-width:160px">Forward Guidance Summary</th><th style="min-width:160px">Decision Type</th><th style="min-width:160px">Previous Rate</th><th style="min-width:160px">Rate Change Bps</th><th style="min-width:160px">New Rate</th><th style="min-width:160px">Rate Direction</th><th style="min-width:160px">Central Bank</th><th style="min-width:160px">Decision Date</th><th style="min-width:160px">Dissenting Votes</th><th style="min-width:160px">Key Rationale</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td style="min-width:40px">1</td><td style="min-width:280px">Federal Reserve Holds Rates Steady</td><td style="min-width:160px">The Federal Reserve indicated that future rate decisions would be data-dependent, with a strong emphasis on inflation trends and labor market conditions. They reiterated their commitment to achieving the 2% inflation target.</td><td style="min-width:160px">rate_hold</td><td style="min-width:160px">-1</td><td style="min-width:160px">0</td><td style="min-width:160px">-1</td><td style="min-width:160px">unchanged</td><td style="min-width:160px">Federal Reserve</td><td style="min-width:160px">2026-06-17</td><td style="min-width:160px">One official dissented, advocating for a 25 basis point rate hike to further combat persistent inflation pressures.</td><td style="min-width:160px">The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady, citing ongoing concerns about inflation and a desire to assess the impact of previous policy tightening.</td></tr><tr><td style="min-width:40px">2</td><td style="min-width:280px">Bank of Japan raises interest rates in June 2026</td><td style="min-width:160px">The Bank of Japan reiterated its stance of continuing to raise interest rates, and revised language on real interest rates.</td><td style="min-width:160px">rate_hike</td><td style="min-width:160px">0</td><td style="min-width:160px">100</td><td style="min-width:160px">1</td><td style="min-width:160px">increase</td><td style="min-width:160px">Bank of Japan</td><td style="min-width:160px">2026-06-16</td><td style="min-width:160px">Deliberative committee member Toichiro Asada voted against the rate hike, arguing for policy maintenance.</td><td style="min-width:160px">The decision addressed inflation risks, as the underlying price increase rate approached the 2% target.</td></tr><tr><td style="min-width:40px">3</td><td style="min-width:280px">ECB raises interest rates by 25 basis points</td><td style="min-width:160px">The ECB modified its inflation scenario upwards and growth forecasts downwards. Persistent inflation remains a key concern.</td><td style="min-width:160px">rate_hike</td><td style="min-width:160px">2</td><td style="min-width:160px">25</td><td style="min-width:160px">2.25</td><td style="min-width:160px">increase</td><td style="min-width:160px">European Central Bank</td><td style="min-width:160px">2026-06-14</td><td style="min-width:160px">Decision taken unanimously.</td><td style="min-width:160px">The primary rationale was the persistence of inflation, leading the ECB to modify its inflation scenario upwards.</td></tr><tr><td style="min-width:40px">4</td><td style="min-width:280px">Federal Reserve holds rates, signals future hike</td><td style="min-width:160px">Nearly half of the central bank's policymakers indicated they could support a rate hike later this year, suggesting heightened concerns about persistent inflation.</td><td style="min-width:160px">rate_hold</td><td style="min-width:160px">4.25</td><td style="min-width:160px">0</td><td style="min-width:160px">4.25</td><td style="min-width:160px">unchanged</td><td style="min-width:160px">Federal Reserve</td><td style="min-width:160px">2026-06-17</td><td style="min-width:160px">Nearly half of policymakers could support a rate hike later this year.</td><td style="min-width:160px">Heightened concerns about persistent inflation.</td></tr><tr><td style="min-width:40px">5</td><td style="min-width:280px">ECB raises key interest rate</td><td style="min-width:160px">The articles do not mention any forward guidance.</td><td style="min-width:160px">rate_hike</td><td style="min-width:160px">4</td><td style="min-width:160px">25</td><td style="min-width:160px">4.25</td><td style="min-width:160px">increase</td><td style="min-width:160px">European Central Bank</td><td style="min-width:160px">2026-06-11</td><td style="min-width:160px">The articles do not mention any dissenting votes.</td><td style="min-width:160px">The articles do not provide a specific economic rationale for the decision.</td></tr><tr class="catchall-blurred"><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td></tr><tr class="catchall-blurred"><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td></tr><tr class="catchall-blurred"><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td></tr></tbody></table>
<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>