ECB interest rate decision meeting dates
The ECB Governing Council sets the three key interest rates for the euro area. Monetary policy meetings run over two days, with the decision and a press conference on the second.
Next meeting
Thursday, 29 October 2026
The European Central Bank publishes no release time on its calendar, so none is shown.
Governing Council monetary policy meeting, followed by the press conference. The ECB does not publish a release time on this calendar.
Why it matters
It is the euro’s equivalent of the FOMC, and the press conference routinely moves the currency more than the decision.
That is a description of how the market treats it, not a prediction and not a reason to trade it. Nothing on this site tells you what a release will say.
Scheduled dates
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Common questions
When is the next ECB interest rate decision?
Thursday, 29 October 2026. The European Central Bank publishes the date but not a release time, so none is shown here.
What does the ECB interest rate decision measure?
The ECB Governing Council sets the three key interest rates for the euro area. Monetary policy meetings run over two days, with the decision and a press conference on the second.
Where do these dates come from?
Directly from the European Central Bank’s own published calendar, re-read every six hours. Nothing is copied from another calendar site and no date is inferred from a pattern.