Malaysia Interest Rate
The overnight policy rate (OPR), the interest rate Bank Negara Malaysia sets to steer borrowing costs.
2.75%
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May 2004 to Aug 2026
Source: BIS central bank policy rates (WS_CBPOL, M.MY) · Bank Negara Malaysia's overnight policy rate, end of month, from May 2004.
Malaysia Interest Rate in context
Worked out from the published series shown above.
In Malaysia, the interest rate was unchanged over the year to Aug 2026, from 2.75% in Aug 2025.
Over the past five years it has ranged from 1.75% in Aug 2021 to 3.00% in May 2023.
Its average since May 2004 is 2.86%, and the latest reading is below that.
Malaysia is 4th of 14 countries in our Interest Rate by Country ranking.
How this series is defined
Everything you need to check the figure against the source.
- Source
- BIS central bank policy rates (WS_CBPOL, M.MY)
- Series
- See the citation below
- Frequency
- Monthly
- Unit
- %
- Seasonal adjustment
- Not applicable, interest rates are not seasonally adjusted
- Latest observation
- Aug 2026
- Revision status
- Latest published estimate, subject to revision
The history starts in May 2004, when the OPR was introduced; the BIS series runs back further using earlier, different rates, which are not shown.
Data refreshed 2026-10-06. Figures are the latest published observations and can be revised.
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