---
title: "GET /api/macro/policy-rates"
method: GET
path: "/api/macro/policy-rates"
tags: ["Macro"]
---

# GET /api/macro/policy-rates

`GET /api/macro/policy-rates`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.unirateapi.com`
- URL: `https://api.unirateapi.com/api/macro/policy-rates`
- Auth: none declared
- TypeScript: <https://skmtc.dev/unirateapi/apis/unirate-api/docs/api/macro/policy-rates/get.ts> (a function with typed inputs; its response is checked against the schema)

Latest central bank policy interest rates (free tier — counts against the normal daily request quota). Covers the ~40 live central banks in the BIS central bank policy rates dataset (Fed, ECB, BoE, BoJ, PBoC, RBA, BoC, SNB, RBI, BCB and more). Without `country` returns every live series; with `country` accepts ISO country codes (US, GB, JP) or currency codes (USD, GBP, JPY), comma-separated. EUR (or EU/EZ/ECB) returns the ECB rate; a euro-area member (e.g. DE) with no live national series also resolves to the ECB. `rate` is in percent; `effective_date` is the first day the BIS series shows the current rate; `as_of` is the latest BIS observation date; `definition` is the BIS description of which rate is used (e.g. the US figure is the mid-point of the Fed Funds target range). Source: Bank for International Settlements (BIS), https://data.bis.org — UniRate is not affiliated with or endorsed by the BIS. Provided for information only; not investment advice.

## Query parameters

- `api_key` string, required
- `country` string
- `format` 'json' | 'xml' | 'csv' | 'tsv'
- `callback` string

## Response `200`

Latest policy rates.

## Other responses

- `400`: Too many countries requested
- `401`: Missing or invalid API key
- `404`: None of the requested countries/currencies has a policy rate
- `429`: Daily request quota exceeded (shared with the currency endpoints: free 200/day, Pro 25,000/day)
- `503`: Policy rate data not loaded yet

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