Malta Policy interest rate
Malta Policy interest rate is 2.25 percent, in force since 17 Jun 2026. It was 2 percent before that. Last checked against the official source on 11 Sep 2026.
ECB deposit facility rate — the euro area policy rate that applies to Malta. the Central Bank of Malta is a Eurosystem national central bank and sets no independent policy rate.
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| Current value | 2.25 percent |
|---|---|
| In force from | 2026-06-17 |
| Official source | European Central Bank, Key ECB interest rates (official rate table), re-loaded 2026-07-22 |
| Last verified | 2026-09-11 |
| Verification | primary — No verification limitation recorded — read from the official source cited. |
| Provenance | source fingerprint |
What this value means
STRUCTURAL: Malta has no national policy rate. Monetary policy is set by the ECB Governing Council for the whole euro area; the Central Bank of Malta implements it. The deposit facility rate is served as the headline policy rate; the main refinancing rate is served as ecb-main-refinancing-rate. COVERAGE FLOOR: this series begins on 2008-01-01, the date MT adopted the euro and ECB rates began to apply to it. Point-in-time queries before that date refuse, and correctly so — monetary policy was set nationally then and the ECB rate was not this country's policy rate. The pre-euro national series is a different instrument and would have to be researched from that central bank rather than inferred. ECB UPDATE (verified 2026-08-22): the Governing Council HELD on 23-24 July 2026 - deposit facility 2.25%, MRO 2.40%, marginal lending 2.65%, all unchanged and in effect since 17 June 2026 ('decided to keep the three key ECB interest rates unchanged'). Next monetary-policy meeting: 9-10 September 2026 (Berlin; decision 14:15 CET on the 10th), then 28-29 Oct and 16-17 Dec. A change takes effect from the start of the following reserve maintenance period - this series uses the EFFECTIVE date.
Earlier values
| From | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-06-11 | 2 | European Central Bank - key ECB interest rates, DEPOSIT… |
| 2025-04-23 | 2.25 | European Central Bank - key ECB interest rates, DEPOSIT… |
| 2025-03-12 | 2.5 | European Central Bank - key ECB interest rates, DEPOSIT… |
| 2025-02-05 | 2.75 | European Central Bank - key ECB interest rates, DEPOSIT… |
| 2024-12-18 | 3 | European Central Bank - key ECB interest rates, DEPOSIT… |
| 2024-10-23 | 3.25 | European Central Bank - key ECB interest rates, DEPOSIT… |
| 2024-09-18 | 3.5 | European Central Bank - key ECB interest rates, DEPOSIT… |
| 2024-06-12 | 3.75 | European Central Bank - key ECB interest rates, DEPOSIT… |
| 2023-09-20 | 4 | European Central Bank - key ECB interest rates, DEPOSIT… |
| 2023-08-02 | 3.75 | European Central Bank - key ECB interest rates, DEPOSIT… |
| 2023-06-21 | 3.5 | European Central Bank - key ECB interest rates, DEPOSIT… |
| 2023-05-10 | 3.25 | European Central Bank - key ECB interest rates, DEPOSIT… |
Get it programmatically
curl https://euroref.dev/v1/mt/policy-rate
# $0.005 per call — x402 on Base (USDC). No key, no signup.
# History: curl https://euroref.dev/v1/mt/policy-rate/history?from=2020-01-01
# Provenance: curl https://euroref.dev/provenance/mt/policy-rateOther Malta series: Value added tax (VAT) · VAT registration threshold · National minimum wage · Public holidays · Consumer price index (annual inflation, HICP) · Personal income tax brackets · Statutory social-insurance contributions · Corporate income tax · Withholding tax rates · ECB main refinancing operations rate (fixed rate) · Late-payment interest (EU Late Payment Directive) · Statutory legal interest (Civil Code art. 1139)
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