Historical financial data

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Central bank total assets

Central bank total assets

carol.reyes.dulong
Open Dataset
Creators: BIS statistics
Publication Date: 2025-02-27
Creators: BIS statistics

The BIS central bank total assets data set tracks the evolution of the size of central banks’ balance sheets across the world. It covers more than 50 advanced and emerging market economies.

This data set contains long annual, quarterly and monthly series. The annual series feature an average length of around a century and, for most of the countries, show data since the establishment of the central bank. The median start year is 1942, and several series go back to the 19th century or earlier. Data with higher frequency often start later than annual series due to the limited availability of historical data.

Data on central banks’ balance sheets originate from multiple sources. Financial statements or accounting balance sheets are typically the main source and are compiled in accordance with national accounting standards. Other sources include the monetary presentation or statistical balance sheets.

Central bank policy rates

Central bank policy rates

carol.reyes.dulong
Open Dataset
Creators: BIS statistics
Publication Date: 2025-04-03
Creators: BIS statistics

The BIS central bank policy rates data set tracks the evolution of policy rates across the world. The policy rate is an important instrument used by central banks to implement their monetary policy.

The central bank policy rates data set features long time series for more than 40 advanced and emerging market economies, on a daily and monthly frequency.

This data set is unique in three respects. First, the BIS has closely collaborated with national central banks in the selection of the policy rate(s). Depending on the country, the policy rate may correspond to the target, repo or discounting rate. For periods when monetary policy was not conducted with an interest rate instrument, eg under monetary base targeting, the most widely referenced money market or central bank interest rate is taken.

Second, the data set also contains historical data to construct long, spliced series. Most daily series start after 1980, with data going back to 1946 for several economies. From January 2024, the BIS disseminates historical policy rates for selected euro area countries. Third, the series are published along extensive metadata, which detail, for example, the underlying series spliced into the main policy rate or the time lag between the announcement of the policy rate change and the day it becomes effective.

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