Peru Interest Rate
The reference rate, the interest rate the Central Reserve Bank of Peru sets to steer borrowing costs.
4.25%
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Sep 2003 to Oct 2026
Source: BIS central bank policy rates (WS_CBPOL, M.PE, extended with the daily series D.PE) · the Central Reserve Bank of Peru's reference rate, end of month, from September 2003; the current month shows the latest rate.
Peru Interest Rate in context
Worked out from the published series shown above.
In Peru, the interest rate was unchanged over the year to Oct 2026, from 4.25% in Oct 2025.
Over the past five years it has ranged from 1.50% in Oct 2021 to 7.75% in Jan 2023.
Its average since Sep 2003 is 3.80%, and the latest reading is above that.
Peru is 8th of 40 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.PE, extended with the daily series D.PE)
- Series
- See the citation below
- Frequency
- Monthly
- Unit
- %
- Seasonal adjustment
- Not applicable, interest rates are not seasonally adjusted
- Latest observation
- Oct 2026
- Revision status
- Latest published estimate, subject to revision
The history starts in September 2003, when it became the bank's policy instrument.
Data refreshed 2026-10-16. Figures are the latest published observations and can be revised.
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