The benchmark interest rate in the United Kingdom was last recorded at 4 percent. This dataset provides - United Kingdom Interest Rate - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

As of December 2024, all United Kingdom government debt securities were returning positive yields, regardless of maturity. This places the yield of both UK short term bonds and long term bonds above that of major countries like Germany, France and Japan, but lower than the United States. What are government bonds? Government bonds are debt instruments where a certain amount of money is given to the issuer, in exchange for regular payments of interest over a fixed period. At the end of this period the issuer then returns the amount in full. Bonds differ from a regular loan through how they can be traded on financial markets once issued. This ability to trade bonds makes it more complex to measure the return investors receive from bonds, as the price they buy a bond for on the market may differ from the price the same bond was initially issued at. The yield is therefore calculated as what investors can expect to receive based on current market prices paid for the bond, not the value it was issued at. In total, UK government debt amounted to over 2.4 trillion British pounds in 2023 – with the majority being comprised of different types of UK government bonds. Why are inverted yield curves important? UK government bond yields over recent years have taken on a typical shape, with short term bonds having a lower yield than bonds with a maturity of 10 to 20 years. The higher yield of longer-term bonds compensates investors for the higher level of uncertainty in the future. However, if investors are sufficiently worried about both a short term economic decline, and low long term growth, they may prefer to purchase short term bonds in order to secure assets with regular interest payments in the here and now (as opposed to shares, which can lose a lot of value in a short time). This can lead to an inverted yield curve, where shorter term debt has a higher yield. Inverted yield curves are generally seen as a reliable indicator of a recession, with inverted yields occurring before most recent U.S. recessions. The major exception to this is the recession from the coronavirus pandemic – but even then, U.S. yield curves came perilously close to being inverted in mid-2019.

The yield on United Kingdom 10Y Bond Yield rose to 4.51% on December 2, 2025, marking a 0.02 percentage points increase from the previous session. Over the past month, the yield has edged up by 0.07 points and is 0.26 points higher than a year ago, according to over-the-counter interbank yield quotes for this government bond maturity. UK 10 Year Gilt Bond Yield - values, historical data, forecasts and news - updated on December of 2025.

The yield on United Kingdom 2Y Bond Yield rose to 3.79% on December 2, 2025, marking a 0.03 percentage points increase from the previous session. Over the past month, the yield has fallen by 0.02 points and is 0.45 points lower than a year ago, according to over-the-counter interbank yield quotes for this government bond maturity. This dataset includes a chart with historical data for UK 2Y.

China Central Bank Bill Yield: Interbank: Forward Yield: 1.4 year data was reported at 1.527 % pa in Apr 2025. This records a decrease from the previous number of 1.679 % pa for Mar 2025. China Central Bank Bill Yield: Interbank: Forward Yield: 1.4 year data is updated monthly, averaging 3.211 % pa from Jul 2008 (Median) to Apr 2025, with 196 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 5.073 % pa in Jan 2018 and a record low of 1.267 % pa in Dec 2024. China Central Bank Bill Yield: Interbank: Forward Yield: 1.4 year data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by National Interbank Funding Center. The data is categorized under China Premium Database’s Money Market, Interest Rate, Yield and Exchange Rate – Table CN.MF: NIFC: Central Bank Bill Yield: Forward Yield.

Taiwan OBU: Foreign Exchange Turnover: Outright Forward data was reported at 13.299 USD bn in May 2018. This records an increase from the previous number of 9.159 USD bn for Apr 2018. Taiwan OBU: Foreign Exchange Turnover: Outright Forward data is updated monthly, averaging 3.571 USD bn from Apr 2001 (Median) to May 2018, with 206 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 14.990 USD bn in Nov 2016 and a record low of 45.000 USD mn in Oct 2001. Taiwan OBU: Foreign Exchange Turnover: Outright Forward data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Central Bank of the Republic of China. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Taiwan – Table TW.KB036: Offshore Banking Unit Statistics.