Bank of England Bank Rate History (Daily Rate and Change Dates)

boeiadb/bank-rate-history

The official Bank of England Bank Rate (base rate) as a daily series from a start date to today or an end date, with the exact dates on which it changed and the latest value. Dates are returned in ISO format and rates as percentages. Weekdays only: no row for bank holidays. Bank of England data under the Open Government Licence v3.0, as served by Eden Engine; not an official Bank of England product.

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Data source

Bank of England

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Copyright the Governor and Company of the Bank of England. Served by Eden Engine; not an official Bank of England product.

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// 1. search: find the tool
omnial_search({ query: "what you need" })

// 2. inspect: price and input schema
omnial_inspect({ tool: "boeiadb/bank-rate-history" })

// 3. learn: read the usage guide at runtime
omnial_learn({ tool: "boeiadb/bank-rate-history" })

// 4. run: price the exact call first, then run it
omnial_execute({ tool: "boeiadb/bank-rate-history", input: { /* see input_schema */ }, dry_run: true })
omnial_execute({ tool: "boeiadb/bank-rate-history", input: { /* ... */ } })

// 5. settle: the call is charged when it finishes, nothing to do

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Updated: Oct 20, 2026

Input and output schemas

Input schema

input_schema.json

{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "date_from"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "date_to": {
      "type": "string",
      "default": "now",
      "pattern": "^(now|(0[1-9]|[12][0-9]|3[01])/(Jan|Feb|Mar|Apr|May|Jun|Jul|Aug|Sep|Oct|Nov|Dec)/[0-9]{4})$",
      "description": "Last day to return, written DD/Mon/YYYY, or the word now for today. Defaults to now."
    },
    "date_from": {
      "type": "string",
      "pattern": "^(0[1-9]|[12][0-9]|3[01])/(Jan|Feb|Mar|Apr|May|Jun|Jul|Aug|Sep|Oct|Nov|Dec)/[0-9]{4}$",
      "description": "First day to return, written DD/Mon/YYYY with an English month abbreviation, for example 01/Jan/2025."
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false
}

Output schema

output_schema.json

{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "series_code",
    "count",
    "observations",
    "changes"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "count": {
      "type": "integer",
      "description": "Number of daily observations returned."
    },
    "latest": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "date": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "value": {
          "type": [
            "number",
            "null"
          ]
        }
      },
      "description": "The newest observation in the range.",
      "additionalProperties": false
    },
    "notice": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Present only when no data table came back."
    },
    "changes": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "required": [
          "date",
          "previous_value",
          "value"
        ],
        "properties": {
          "date": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "value": {
            "type": "number"
          },
          "previous_value": {
            "type": "number"
          }
        },
        "additionalProperties": false
      },
      "description": "Days on which the rate differs from the previous day's value, oldest first."
    },
    "first_date": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Date of the first observation (YYYY-MM-DD)."
    },
    "series_code": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The Bank of England series code, IUDBEDR."
    },
    "observations": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "required": [
          "date",
          "value"
        ],
        "properties": {
          "date": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "YYYY-MM-DD."
          },
          "value": {
            "type": [
              "number",
              "null"
            ]
          }
        },
        "additionalProperties": false
      },
      "description": "One entry per day, oldest first. Value is the Bank Rate in percent."
    }
  },
  "description": "The Bank Rate series. When the service returns nothing usable, observations and changes are empty and `notice` says so.",
  "additionalProperties": false
}