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Canada Central Bank Policy Rate 2026-01-01 09:45 America/Toronto: data, chart, and analysis

The 2026-01-01 Central Bank Policy Rate release printed 2.25. The previous reading was 2.25, while the forecast field is --. Traders usually read this release against the recent trend, the Bank of Canada policy bias, and the surprise versus consensus.

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Actual
2.25
Previous
2.25
Forecast
--
Public release ID
cad_policy_rate_2026-01-01

Canada Central Bank Policy Rate release chart

Market context, recent readings, and scenario notes for this announcement.

Canada Central Bank Policy Rate chart through 2026-01-01
CAD Central Bank Policy Rate readings through 2026-01-01. Latest: 2.25.

Central Bank Policy Rate release read

The 2026-01-01 Central Bank Policy Rate release printed 2.25. The previous reading was 2.25, while the forecast field is --. Traders usually read this release against the recent trend, the Bank of Canada policy bias, and the surprise versus consensus.

The parent Central Bank Policy Rate page shows the full time series for Canada. This page narrows the record to the individual release, keeping the realised value, prior value, forecast field, announcement-date URL, and source payload together at one canonical URL.

For CAD event-risk work, the important read is whether this print changes the recent trend or simply extends it. Compare the actual value with the previous and forecast fields above, then use the raw JSON below for backtests keyed to the stable announcement ID.

Release data snapshot

The values below are the citation fields for this announcement.

Public release ID cad_policy_rate_2026-01-01
Release time
2026-01-01 14:45 UTC
Reference period date 2026-01-01
Actual value 2.25
Previous value 2.25
Forecast --
Surprise --
Announcement timestamp 1767278700

API data for this announcement

The API endpoint returns the full Canada Central Bank Policy Rate history. Clients can filter by date or match this row by announcement_id.

Forecasts live in the predictions endpoint and use the same announcement identifier where available. That is the preferred join key for realised values, forecast surprises, and release-event backtests.

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Raw announcement payload

Field names are preserved for traceability and downstream testing.

{
  "announcement_datetime": 1767278700,
  "announcement_datetime_local": "2026-01-01T09:45:00-05:00",
  "announcement_id": "cad_policy_rate_2026-01-01",
  "collected_at_iso": "2026-06-28T04:37:16.693528Z",
  "collected_at_ns": 1782621436693528443,
  "date": "2026-01-01",
  "ingestion_latency_ms": 15342736693.528,
  "ingestion_latency_reference": "official_actual_release_datetime",
  "official_actual_release_datetime": 1767278700,
  "official_actual_release_datetime_local": "2026-01-01T09:45:00-05:00",
  "previous_value": 2.25,
  "revisions": [
    {
      "epoch": 1767278700,
      "val": 2.25
    },
    {
      "epoch": 1769593676,
      "val": 2.25
    }
  ],
  "val": 2.25
}