Ukraine NBU key policy rate (облікова ставка Національного банку України)
Ukraine NBU key policy rate (облікова ставка Національного банку України) is 15.5 percent, in force since 31 Jul 2026. It was 15 percent before that. Last checked against the official source on 10 Aug 2026.
The National Bank of Ukraine's key policy rate (облікова ставка) — the NBU's principal monetary policy instrument and the benchmark for its operations with banks. Set by the Board (Правління) of the National Bank at scheduled monetary policy meetings (eight per year) following discussion in the Monetary Policy Committee (Комітет з монетарної політики); decisions are announced at 14:00 Kyiv time on the meeting day and normally take effect the following day.
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| Current value | 15.5 percent |
|---|---|
| In force from | 2026-07-31 |
| Official source | НБУ, 'Національний банк України підвищив облікову ставку до 15,5%' (30 July 2026): 'Правління Національного банку України вирішило підвищити облікову ставку на 0,5 в. п. до 15,5%' — Decision No. 225-рш of 30 July 2026, effective 31 July 2026 (English mirror: 'NBU Raises Key Policy Rate to 15.5%') |
| Last verified | 2026-08-10 |
| Verification | primary — No verification limitation recorded — read from the official source cited. |
| Provenance | source fingerprint |
What this value means
The NBU Board RAISED the key policy rate 50bp to 15.5% at its 30 July 2026 meeting (Decision No. 225-рш, effective 31 July 2026), citing persistent underlying price pressure, and flagged possible further hikes — the easing bias is gone. Next monetary policy meeting: 17 September 2026. RETRIEVAL NOTE (2026-08-10): bank.gov.ua is Cloudflare geo-blocked from some networks (HTTP 403 even in a real browser); this confirmation was read from the Internet Archive capture of the official release (snapshot 20260802230525) and the cited URL is the NBU's own page, which is the primary source.
Earlier values
| From | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-30 | 15 | NBU — "NBU Cuts Key Policy Rate to 15%" / "Національний… |
| 2025-03-07 | 15.5 | NBU — "NBU Raises Key Policy Rate to 15.5%", Board decision… |
| 2025-01-24 | 14.5 | NBU — "NBU Raises Key Policy Rate to 14.5%", Board decision… |
| 2024-12-13 | 13.5 | NBU — "NBU Raises Key Policy Rate to 13.5%", Board decision… |
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