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Base Rates

The base rate is the rate of interest at which the Bank of England lends to banks and other financial institutions. This rate therefore affects the interest rate at which the banks and building societies set for their savers and borrowers.

19-Nov-1979 17.00 04-Jul-1980 16.00 25-Nov-1980 14.00 11-Mar-1981 12.00 16-Sep-1981 14.00 01-Oct-1981 16.00 14-Oct-1981 15.50 09-Nov-1981 15.00 04-Dec-1981 14.50 25-Jan-1982 14.00 25-Feb-1982 13.50 12-Mar-1982 13.00 08-Jun-1982 12.50 14-Jul-1982 12.00 02-Aug-1982 11.50 18-Aug-1982 11.00 31-Aug-1982 10.50 07-Oct-1982 10.00 14-Oct-1982 9.50 05-Nov-1982 9.00 26-Nov-1982 10.00 12-Jan-1983 11.00 15-Mar-1983 10.50 15-Apr-1983 10.00 15-Jun-1983 9.50 04-Oct-1983 9.00 07-Mar-1984 8.75 10-May-1984 9.25 06-Jul-1984 10.00 11-Jul-1984 12.00 09-Aug-1984 11.50 10-Aug-1984 11.00 20-Aug-1984 10.50 07-Nov-1984 10.00 20-Nov-1984 9.75 11-Jan-1985 10.50 14-Jan-1985 12.00

28-Jan-1985 14.00 20-Mar-1985 13.50 03-Apr-1985 13.25 12-Apr-1985 12.75 12-Jun-1985 12.50 15-Jul-1985 12.00 29-Jul-1985 11.50 09-Jan-1986 12.50 19-Mar-1986 11.50 08-Apr-1986 11.00 21-Apr-1986 10.50 27-May-1986 10.00 14-Oct-1986 11.00 10-Mar-1987 10.50 18-Mar-1987 10.00 29-Apr-1987 9.50 11-May-1987 9.00 07-Aug-1987 10.00 26-Oct-1987 9.50 05-Nov-1987 9.00 04-Dec-1987 8.50 02-Feb-1988 9.00 17-Mar-1988 8.50 11-Apr-1988 8.00 18-May-1988 7.50 03-Jun-1988 8.00 06-Jun-1988 8.50 22-Jun-1988 9.00 28-Jun-1988 9.50 04-Jul-1988 10.00 18-Jul-1988 10.50 08-Aug-1988 11.00 25-Aug-1988 12.00 25-Nov-1988 13.00 24-May-1989 14.00 05-Oct-1989 15.00 08-Oct-1990 14.00

13-Feb-1991 13.50 27-Feb-1991 13.00 22-Mar-1991 12.50 12-Apr-1991 12.00 24-May-1991 11.50 12-Jul-1991 11.00 04-Sep-1991 10.50 05-May-1992 10.00 16-Sep-1992 12.00 18-Sep-1992 10.00 23-Sep-1992 9.00 16-Oct-1992 8.00 13-Nov-1992 7.00 26-Jan-1993 6.00 23-Nov-1993 5.50 08-Feb-1994 5.25 12-Sep-1994 5.75 07-Dec-1994 6.25 03-Feb-1995 6.75 13-Dec-1995 6.50 18-Jan-1996 6.25 06-Mar-1996 6.00 06-Jun-1996 5.75 30-Oct-1996 6.00 06-May-1997 6.25 06-Jun-1997 6.50 10-Jul-1997 6.75 07-Aug-1997 7.00 06-Nov-1997 7.25 04-Jun-1998 7.50 08-Oct-1998 7.25 05-Nov-1998 6.75 10-Dec-1998 6.25 07-Jan-1999 6.00 04-Feb-1999 5.50 08-Apr-1999 5.25 10-Jun-1999 5.00

08-Sep-1999 5.25 04-Nov-1999 5.50 13-Jan-2000 5.75 10-Feb-2000 6.00 08-Feb-2001 5.75 05-Apr-2001 5.50 10-May-2001 5.25 02-Aug-2001 5.00 18-Sep-2001 4.75 04-Oct-2001 4.50 08-Nov-2001 4.00 06-Feb-2003 3.75 10-Jul-2003 3.50 06-Nov-2003 3.75 05-Feb-2004 4.00 06-May-2004 4.25 10-Jun-2004 4.50 05-Aug-2004 4.75 04-Aug-2005 4.50 03-Aug-2006 4.75 09-Nov-2006 5.00 11-Jan-2007 5.25 10-May-2007 5.50 05-Jul-2007 5.75 06-Dec-2007 5.50 07-Feb-2008 5.25 10-Apr-2008 5.00 08-Oct-2008 4.50