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United States Central Bank Policy Rate 2023-09-20 14:00 America/New_York: data, chart, and analysis

United States Central Bank Policy Rate came in at 5.5 on Sep 20, 2023, compared with 5.5 previously. See the full release history, chart, Federal Reserve context, and API access for this series.

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Actual
5.5
Previous
5.5
Forecast
--
Public release ID
usd_policy_rate_2023-09-20

United States Central Bank Policy Rate release chart

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

United States Central Bank Policy Rate chart through 2023-09-20
USD Central Bank Policy Rate readings through 2023-09-20. Latest: 5.5.

Central Bank Policy Rate release read

United States Central Bank Policy Rate came in at 5.5 on Sep 20, 2023, compared with 5.5 previously. See the full release history, chart, Federal Reserve context, and API access for this series.

The parent Central Bank Policy Rate page shows the full time series for United States. This release page keeps the realised value, prior value, forecast, reference period, and publication time together for the individual announcement.

For USD 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 usd_policy_rate_2023-09-20
Release time
2023-09-20 18:00 UTC
Reference period date 2023-09-20
Actual value 5.5
Previous value 5.5
Forecast --
Surprise --
Announcement timestamp 1695232800

API data for this announcement

The API endpoint returns the full United States 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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2023-11-01 14:00 America/New_York · 5.5

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Raw announcement payload

Field names are preserved for traceability and downstream testing.

{
  "announcement_datetime": 1695232800,
  "announcement_datetime_local": "2023-09-20T14:00:00-04:00",
  "announcement_id": "usd_policy_rate_2023-09-20",
  "change_from_previous": 0.0,
  "date": "2023-09-20",
  "observation_id": "usd_policy_rate_canonical_level_default_standard_period_2023-09-20",
  "pct_change_from_previous": 0.0,
  "previous_announcement_datetime": 1690394400,
  "previous_date": "2023-07-26",
  "previous_value": 5.5,
  "revisions": [
    {
      "epoch": 1695232800,
      "val": 5.5
    }
  ],
  "source": "Federal Reserve",
  "source_url": "https://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/pressreleases/monetary20230920a.htm",
  "source_url_scope": "release",
  "val": 5.5
}