Economic calendar · ECB
ECB meeting dates and rate decisions
The ECB Governing Council sets euro area interest rates eight times a year and publishes the decision at 2:15 pm Frankfurt time. Below are the upcoming meetings, the deposit facility rate before and after every decision since 2021, and how bitcoin, EUR/USD and gold moved in the hour after.
Next release Thu, Oct 29, 2026, 2:15 PM Frankfurt · 1:15 PM UTC, in 34 days·latest reading 2.50%
Typical move in the hour after the last 5 releases: bitcoin 0.60%·EUR/USD 0.13%·gold 0.73%
Upcoming dates
| Date | Time |
|---|---|
| 2:15 PM Frankfurt · 1:15 PM UTC | |
| 2:15 PM Frankfurt · 1:15 PM UTC | |
| 2:15 PM Frankfurt · 1:15 PM UTC | |
| 2:15 PM Frankfurt · 1:15 PM UTC | |
| 2:15 PM Frankfurt · 12:15 PM UTC | |
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| 2:15 PM Frankfurt · 1:15 PM UTC | |
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| 2:15 PM Frankfurt · 12:15 PM UTC | |
| 2:15 PM Frankfurt · 12:15 PM UTC | |
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Release history
| Date | Actual | Previous | Bitcoin, 1h | EUR/USD, 1h | Gold, 1h |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.50% | 2.25% | -1.27% | -0.13% | -0.73% | |
| 2.25% | 2.25% | -0.72% | -0.23% | -0.99% | |
| 2.25% | 2.00% | -0.40% | -0.07% | -0.08% | |
| 2.00% | 2.00% | +0.22% | -0.10% | +0.11% | |
| 2.00% | 2.00% | +0.60% | +0.22% | +2.02% | |
| 2.00% | 2.00% | +0.36% | — | -0.24% | |
| 2.00% | 2.00% | +0.28% | — | — | |
| 2.00% | 2.00% | -0.41% | — | — | |
| 2.00% | 2.00% | -0.68% | — | — | |
| 2.00% | 2.00% | +0.05% | — | — | |
| 2.00% | 2.25% | +0.68% | — | — | |
| 2.25% | 2.50% | +0.14% | — | — | |
| 2.50% | 2.75% | -0.37% | — | — | |
| 2.75% | 3.00% | +0.14% | — | — | |
| 3.00% | 3.25% | +0.23% | — | — | |
| 3.25% | 3.50% | +0.37% | — | — | |
| 3.50% | 3.75% | -0.41% | — | — | |
| 3.75% | 3.75% | +0.22% | — | — | |
| 3.75% | 4.00% | +0.11% | — | — | |
| 4.00% | 4.00% | +0.71% | — | — | |
| 4.00% | 4.00% | +0.22% | — | — | |
| 4.00% | 4.00% | -0.16% | — | — | |
| 4.00% | 4.00% | -1.60% | — | — | |
| 4.00% | 4.00% | +0.75% | — | — | |
| 4.00% | 3.75% | +0.18% | — | — | |
| 3.75% | 3.50% | -0.22% | — | — | |
| 3.50% | 3.25% | -0.29% | — | — | |
| 3.25% | 3.00% | -0.36% | — | — | |
| 3.00% | 2.50% | +0.09% | — | — | |
| 2.50% | 2.00% | -0.02% | — | — | |
| 2.00% | 1.50% | -1.00% | — | — | |
| 1.50% | 0.75% | +0.45% | — | — | |
| 0.75% | 0.00% | -0.85% | — | — | |
| 0.00% | -0.50% | +1.02% | — | — | |
| -0.50% | -0.50% | -1.00% | — | — | |
| -0.50% | -0.50% | +0.11% | — | — | |
| -0.50% | -0.50% | -1.47% | — | — | |
| -0.50% | -0.50% | +0.45% | — | — | |
| -0.50% | -0.50% | +0.09% | — | — | |
| -0.50% | -0.50% | +0.53% | — | — | |
| -0.50% | -0.50% | -1.40% | — | — | |
| -0.50% | -0.50% | +0.71% | — | — | |
| -0.50% | -0.50% | -0.51% | — | — | |
| -0.50% | -0.50% | +0.51% | — | — | |
| -0.50% | -0.50% | +1.11% | — | — | |
| -0.50% | -0.50% | +0.21% | — | — |
Actual and previous are the publisher's current figures, including revisions, so they can differ from what was printed on the day.
Market move: the change from the price at the release to the close an hour later, on our own 5-minute history. An empty cell means that history has no bars for that hour; for EUR/USD and gold it is much shorter than for bitcoin.
What it is
Since 2024 the deposit facility rate is the rate the ECB steers policy with: it is what banks earn on money left at the central bank overnight, and it sets the floor for short-term euro rates. For EUR/USD the decision matters mostly as the gap between the ECB's path and the Fed's.
When it comes out
Thursdays, eight times a year. The statement comes out at 2:15 pm Frankfurt time and the press conference follows at 2:45 pm. A new rate applies from the following Wednesday, which is why the actual figure appears here a week after the meeting.
How the market move is measured
From the open of the 5-minute bar in which the release came out to the close of the last bar of that hour, on our own price history: Binance for bitcoin, broker quotes on top of Dukascopy history for EUR/USD and gold. The move is the typical size, not a direction: the median of absolute moves over the last releases. If a bar is missing at either end of the hour, the cell stays empty rather than showing a move over the wrong hour.
Why there is no forecast
The consensus forecast is compiled by data vendors and licensed for their own products. None of them offers a licence to republish it on a free public page at a reasonable price, so rather than copy it we leave it out.
When is the next ECB release
Thu, Oct 29, 2026, 2:15 PM Frankfurt · 1:15 PM UTC.
Which time zone are the times in
Each release is shown in the publisher's own time, New York for the Fed and US data, Frankfurt for the ECB and Tokyo for the Bank of Japan, followed by the same moment in UTC. US and European clocks change on different dates, so in March and in late October the gap between New York and Frankfurt is an hour shorter for a week or two.
Why do the figures differ from other calendars
We show the publisher's current data. The BLS revises payrolls in the two following reports and once a year in a benchmark revision, so an older payrolls figure here is the revised one, while most calendars keep the number printed on the day.
Is this trading advice
No. The calendar shows when data comes out, what it was and how prices moved afterwards. A past reaction does not predict the next one, and none of this is a recommendation to buy or sell.
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