The ECB cut its key marginal lending rate by 25bps to 3.4% in its final meeting of 2024, marking a fourth reduction this year. Lending Rate in Euro Area averaged 2.33 percent from 1999 until 2024, reaching an all time high of 5.75 percent in October of 2000 and a record low of 0.25 percent in March of 2016. source: European Central Bank

Lending Rate in Euro Area is expected to be 2.90 percent by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the Euro Area Marginal Lending Rate is projected to trend around 2.15 percent in 2026, according to our econometric models.




Calendar GMT Reference Actual Previous Consensus TEForecast
2024-10-17 12:15 PM
Marginal Lending Rate
3.65% 3.9% 3.65%
2024-12-12 01:15 PM
Marginal Lending Rate
3.4% 3.65% 3.4%
2025-01-30 01:15 PM
Marginal Lending Rate
3.4%


Related Last Previous Unit Reference
Central Bank Balance Sheet 6357247.00 6344802.00 EUR Million Dec 2024
Deposit Facility Rate 3.00 3.25 percent Dec 2024
Foreign Exchange Reserves 97.67 96.82 USD Billion Nov 2024
ECB Interest Rate 3.15 3.40 percent Dec 2024
Marginal Lending Rate 3.40 3.65 percent Dec 2024
Loans to Households YoY 0.90 0.80 percent Nov 2024
Loans to Non-financial Corporations 5162380.00 5159611.00 EUR Million Nov 2024
Longer-Term Refinancing Operations 40.73 49.16 EUR Billion Dec 2024
Money Supply M1 10547639.00 10437687.00 EUR Million Nov 2024
Money Supply M2 15540007.00 15421337.00 EUR Million Nov 2024
Money Supply M3 16681871.00 16575480.00 EUR Million Nov 2024
Refinancing Operations 9101.00 7.79 EUR Billion Dec 2024

Euro Area Marginal Lending Rate
In the Euro Area, the marginal lending facility aims to provide overnight liquidity, signal the general stance of monetary policy and normally provides a ceiling for the overnight market interest rate. This facility is available to eligible counterparties on their own initiative, subject to their fulfilment of certain operational access conditions. Counterparties can use the marginal lending facility to obtain overnight liquidity from the national central banks against eligible assets. Under normal circumstances, there are no credit limits or other restrictions on counterparties' access to the facility, apart from the requirement to present sufficient underlying assets. The marginal lending facility is administered in a decentralised manner by the national central banks.
Actual Previous Highest Lowest Dates Unit Frequency
3.40 3.65 5.75 0.25 1999 - 2024 percent Monthly
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