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2010

  
In its monthly monetary policy meeting, the Board of the Central Bank of Chile decided to maintain the monetary policy interest rate at 0.50% (annual). 11/02/2010
11/02/2010
In its monthly monetary policy meeting, the Board of the Central Bank of Chile decided to maintain the monetary policy interest rate at 0.50% (annual). 14/01/2010
14/01/2010

2009

  
In its monthly monetary policy meeting, the Board of the Central Bank of Chile decided to maintain the monetary policy interest rate at 0.50% (annual). 15/12/2009
15/12/2009
In its monthly monetary policy meeting, the Board of the Central Bank of Chile decided to maintain the monetary policy interest rate at 0.50% (annual). In addition, it decided to reduce the maximum term for the FLAP from 180 to 150 days starting December 14th, and to continue reducing it by 30 days each month, in order to extinguish access to this facility in May of next year. 12/11/2009
12/11/2009
In its monthly monetary policy meeting, the Board of the Central Bank of Chile decided to maintain the monetary policy interest rate at 0.50% (annual), and to continue applying the complementary monetary policy measures adopted in July’s meeting. 13/10/2009
13/10/2009
In its monthly monetary policy meeting, the Board of the Central Bank of Chile decided to maintain the monetary policy interest rate at 0.50% (annual), and to continue applying the complementary monetary policy measures adopted in July’s meeting. 08/09/2009
08/09/2009
In its monthly monetary policy meeting, the Board of the Central Bank of Chile decided to maintain the monetary policy interest rate at 0.50% (annual), and to continue applying the complementary monetary policy measures adopted in the last meeting. 13/08/2009
13/08/2009
In its monthly monetary policy meeting, the Board of the Central Bank of Chile decided to reduce the monetary policy interest rate by 25 basis points, to 0.50% (annual), and to adopt complementary monetary policy measures. 09/07/2009
09/07/2009
In its monthly monetary policy meeting, the Board of the Central Bank of Chile decided to reduce the monetary policy interest rate by 50 basis points, to 0.75% (annual). 16/06/2009
16/06/2009
In its monthly monetary policy meeting, the Board of the Central Bank of Chile decided to reduce the monetary policy interest rate by 50 basis points, to 1.25% (annual). 07/05/2009
07/05/2009
In its monthly monetary policy meeting, the Board of the Central Bank of Chile decided to reduce the monetary policy interest rate y 50 basis points, to 1.75% (annual). 09/04/2009
09/04/2009
In its monthly monetary policy meeting, the Board of the Central Bank of Chile decided to reduce the monetary policy interest rate y 250 basis points, to 2.25% (annual). 12/03/2009
12/03/2009
In its monthly monetary policy meeting, the Board of the Central Bank of Chile decided to reduce the monetary policy interest rate y 250 basis points, to 4.75% (annual). 12/02/2009
12/02/2009
In its monthly monetary policy meeting, the Board of the Central Bank of Chile decided to reduce the monetary policy interest rate y 100 basis points, to 7.25% (annual). 08/01/2009
08/01/2009

2008

  
In its monthly monetary policy meeting, the Board of the Central Bank of Chile decided to maintain the monetary policy interest ate at 8.25% (annual). 11/12/2008
11/12/2008
In its monthly monetary policy meeting, the Board of the Central Bank of Chile decided to maintain the monetary policy interest ate at 8.25% (annual). 13/11/2008
13/11/2008
In its monthly monetary policy meeting, the Board of the Central Bank of Chile decided to keep the monetary policy interest rate at .25% (annual). 09102008
09102008
In its monthly monetary policy meeting, the Board of the Central Bank of Chile decided to raise the monetary policy interest rate by 0 basis points, to 8.25% (annual). 04/09/2008
04/09/2008
In its monthly monetary policy meeting, the Board of the Central Bank of Chile decided to raise the monetary policy interest rate by 50 basis points, to 7.75% (annual). 14/08/2008
14/08/2008
In its monthly monetary policy meeting, the Board of the Central Bank of Chile decided to raise the monetary policy interest rate by 50 basis points, to 7.25% (annual). 10/07/2008
10/07/2008
In its monthly monetary policy meeting, the Board of the Central Bank of Chile decided to raise the monetary policy interest rate by 50 basis points, to 6.75% (annual). 10/06/2008
10/06/2008
In its monthly monetary policy meeting, the Board of the Central Bank of Chile decided to keep the monetary policy interest rate at 6.25% (annual). 08/05/2008
08/05/2008
In its monthly monetary policy meeting, the Board of the Central Bank of Chile decided to maintain the monetary policy interest rate at 6.25% (annual). 10/04/2008
10/04/2008
In its monthly monetary policy meeting, the Board of the Central Bank of Chile decided to maintain the monetary policy interest rate at 6.25% (annual). 13/03/2008
13/03/2008
In its monthly monetary policy meeting, the Board of the Central Bank of Chile decided to maintain the monetary policy interest rate at 6.25% (annual). 07/02/2008
07/02/2008
In its monthly monetary policy meeting, the Board of the Central Bank of Chile decided to raise the monetary policy interest rate by 25 basis points, to 6.25% (annual). 10/01/2008
10/01/2008

2007

  
In its monthly monetary policy meeting, the Board of the Central Bank of Chile decided to raise the monetary policy interest rate by 25 basis points, to 6% (annual). 13/12/2007 13/12/2007
In its monthly monetary policy meeting, the Board of the Central Bank of Chile decided to maintain the monetary policy interest rate at 5.75% (annual). 13/11/2007 13/11/2007
In its monthly monetary policy meeting, the Board of the Central Bank of Chile decided to maintain the monetary policy interest rate at 5.75% (annual). 11/10/2007 11/10/2007
In its monthly monetary policy meeting, the Board of the Central Bank of Chile decided to raise the monetary policy interest rate by 25 basis points to 5.75% (annual). 13/09/2007 13/09/2007
In its monthly monetary policy meeting, the Board of the Central Bank of Chile decided to raise the monetary policy interest rate by 25 basis points to 5.5% (annual). 09/08/2007 09/08/2007
In its monthly monetary policy meeting, the Board of the Central Bank of Chile decided to raise the monetary policy interest rate by 25 basis points to 5.25% (annual). 12/07/2007 12/07/2007
In its monthly monetary policy meeting, the Board of the Central Bank of Chile decided to maintain the monetary policy interest rate at 5% (annual). 14/06/2007 14/06/2007
In its monthly monetary policy meeting, the Board of the Central Bank of Chile decided to maintain the monetary policy interest rate at 5% (annual). 10/05/2007 10/05/2007
In its monthly monetary policy meeting, the Board of the Central Bank of Chile decided to maintain the monetary policy interest rate at 5% (annual). 12/04/2007 12/04/2007
In its monthly monetary policy meeting, the Board of the Central Bank of Chile decided to maintain the monetary policy interest rate at 5% (annual). 15/03/2007 15/03/2007
In its monthly monetary policy meeting, the Board of the Central Bank of Chile decided to maintain the monetary policy interest rate at 5% (annual). 08/02/2007 08/02/2007
In its monthly monetary policy meeting, the Board of the Central Bank of Chile decided to reduce the monetary policy interest rate from 5.25% to 5% (annual). 11/01/2007 11/01/2007

2006

  
In its monthly monetary policy meeting, the Board of the Central Bank of Chile decided to maintain the monetary policy interest rate at 5.25% (annual). 14/12/2006 14/12/2006
In its monthly monetary policy meeting, the Board of the Central Bank of Chile decided to maintain the monetary policy interest rate at 5.25% (annual). 16/11/2006 16/11/2006
In its monthly monetary policy meeting, the Board of the Central Bank of Chile decided to maintain the monetary policy interest rate at 5.25% (annual). 12/10/2006 12/10/2006
In its monthly monetary policy meeting, the Board of the Central Bank of Chile decided to maintain the monetary policy interest rate at 5.25% (annual). 07/09/2006 07/09/2006
In its monthly monetary policy meeting, the Board of the Central Bank of Chile decided to maintain the monetary policy interest rate at 5.25% (annual). 10/08/2006 10/08/2006
In its monthly monetary policy meeting, the Board of the Central Bank of Chile decided to raise the monetary policy interest rate by 25 basis points to 5.25% (annual). 13/07/2006 13/07/2006
In its monthly monetary policy meeting, the Board of the Central Bank of Chile decided to maintain the monetary policy interest rate at 5% (annual). 15/06/2006 15/06/2006
In its monthly monetary policy meeting, the Board of the Central Bank of Chile decided to maintain the monetary policy interest rate at 5% (annual). 11/052006 11/052006
In its monthly monetary policy meeting, the Board of the Central Bank of Chile decided to raise the monetary policy interest rate by 25 basis points, to 5% (annual). 13/04/2006 13/04/2006
In its monthly monetary policy meeting, the Board of the Central Bank of Chile decided to maintain the monetary policy interest rate at 4.75% (annual). 16/03/2006 16/03/2006
In its monthly monetary policy meeting, the Board of the Central Bank of Chile decided to raise the monetary policy interest rate by 25 basis points to 4.75% (annual). 09/02/2006 09/02/2006
In its monthly monetary policy meeting, the Board of the Central Bank of Chile decided to maintain the monetary policy interest rate at 4.5% (annual). 12/01/2006 12/01/2006

2005

  
In its monthly monetary policy meeting, the Board of the Central Bank of Chile decided to maintain the monetary policy interest rate at 4.5% (annual). 13/12/2005 13/12/2005
In its monthly monetary policy meeting, the Board of the Central Bank of Chile decided to raise the monetary policy interest rate by 25 basis points to 4.5% (annual). 10/11/2005 10/11/2005
In its monthly monetary policy meeting, the Board of the Central Bank of Chile decided to raise the monetary policy interest rate by 25 basis points to 4.25% (annual). 11/10/2005 11/10/2005
In its monthly monetary policy meeting, the Board of the Central Bank of Chile decided to raise the monetary policy interest rate by 25 basis points to 4% annual. 08/09/2005 08/09/2005
In its monthly monetary policy meeting, the Board of the Central Bank of Chile decided to raise the monetary policy rate by 25 basis points, to 3.75% (annual). 11/08/2005 11/08/2005
In its monthly monetary policy meeting, the Board of the Central Bank of Chile decided to raise the monetary policy rate by 25 basis points, to 3.5% (annual). 12/07/2005 12/07/2005

In its monthly monetary policy meeting, the Board of the Central Bank of Chile decided, by unanimous vote, to maintain the monetary policy rate at 3.25% (annual). 		09/06/2005 09/06/2005
In its monthly monetary policy meeting, the Board of the Central Bank of Chile decided, by unanimous vote, to raise the monetary policy interest rate by 25 basis points, to 3.25% annually. 12/05/2005 12/05/2005
In its monthly monetary policy meeting, the Board of the Central Bank decided, by unanimous vote, to raise the monetary policy interest rate by 25 basis points, to 3.0% (annual). 07/04/2005 07/04/2005
In its monthly monetary policy meeting, the Board of the Central Bank of Chile decided, by unanimous vote, to maintain the monetary policy rate at 2.75% (annual). 10/03/2005 10/03/2005
In its monthly monetary policy meeting, the Board of the Central Bank of Chile decided, by unanimous vote, to raise the monetary policy interest rate by 25 basis points, to 2.75% (annual). 10/02/2005 10/02/2005
In its monthly monetary policy meeting, the Board of the Central Bank of Chile decided, by unanimous vote, to increase the monetary policy interest rate by 25 basis points to 2.5% (annual). 11/01/2005 11/01/2005

2004

  
In its monthly monetary policy meeting, the Board of the Central Bank of Chile decided, with the vote of four of its members, to maintain the monetary policy interest rate at 2.25% (annual). The minority vote was for increasing the interest rate by 25 basis points. 09/12/2004 09/12/2004
In its monthly monetary policy meeting, the Board of the Central Bank of Chile decided, by unanimous vote, to raise the monetary policy rate by 25 basis points to 2.25% (annual). 11/11/2004 11/11/2004
In its monthly monetary policy meeting, the Board of the Central Bank of Chile decided, by unanimous vote, to maintain the monetary policy interest rate at 2% (annual). 12/10/2004 12/10/2004
In its monthly monetary policy meeting, the Board of the Central Bank of Chile decided, by the vote of four of its members, to raise the monetary policy interest rate by 25 basis points to 2% (annual). The minority vote was for maintaining the interest rate. 07/09/2004 07/09/2004
In its monthly monetary policy meeting, the Board of the Central Bank of Chile decided, by unanimous vote, to maintain the monetary policy interest rate at 1.75% (annual) 12/08/2004
12/08/2004
In its monthly monetary policy meeting, the Board of the Central Bank of Chile decided, by unanimous vote, to maintain the monetary policy interest rate at 1.75% (annual). 08/07/2004
08/07/2004
In its monthly monetary policy meeting, the Board of the Central Bank of Chile decided, by unanimous vote, to maintain the monetary policy interest rate at 1.75% (annual). 10/06/2004
10/06/2004
In its monthly monetary policy meeting, the Board of the Central Bank of Chile decided, by unanimous vote, to maintain the monetary policy interest rate at 1.75% (annual). 13/05/2004
13/05/2004
In its monthly monetary policy meeting, the Board of the Central Bank of Chile decided, by unanimous vote, to maintain the monetary policy interest rate at 1.75% (annual). 15/04/2004
15/04/2004
In its monthly monetary policy meeting, the Board of the Central Bank of Chile decided, by unanimous vote, to maintain the monetary policy interest rate at 1.75% (annual). 11/03/2004
11/03/2004
In its monthly monetary policy meeting, the Board of the Central Bank of Chile decided, by unanimous vote, to maintain the monetary policy interest rate at 1.75% (annual). 10/02/2004
10/02/2004
In its monthly monetary policy meeting, the Board of the Central Bank of Chile decided, by unanimous vote, to reduce the monetary policy interest rate from 2.25% to 1.75% (annual). 08/01/2004
08/01/2004

2003

  
In its monthly monetary policy meeting, the Board of the Central Bank of Chile decided, by unanimous vote, to reduce the monetary policy interest rate from 2.75% to 2.25% (annual). 11/12/2003
11/12/2003
In its monthly monetary policy meeting, the Board of the Central Bank of Chile decided, by unanimous vote, to maintain the monetary policy interest rate at 2.75% (annual). 13/11/2003
13/11/2003
In its monthly monetary policy meeting, the Board of the Central Bank of Chile decided, by unanimous vote, to maintain the monetary policy interest rate at 2.75% (annual). 14/10/2003
14/10/2003
At its monthly monetary policy meeting, the Board of the Central Bank of Chile decided, by unanimous vote, to maintain the monetary policy interest rate at 2.75% (annual). 04/09/2003
04/09/2003
At its monthly monetary policy meeting, the Board of the Central Bank of Chile decided, by unanimous vote, to maintain the monetary policy interest rate at 2.75% (annual.) 12/08/2003
12/08/2003
At its monthly monetary policy meeting, the Board of the Central Bank of Chile decided, by unanimous vote of its four members that participated at the meeting, to maintain the monetary policy interest rate at 2.75 (annual). 10/07/2003
10/07/2003
At its monthly monetary policy meeting, the Board of the Central Bank of Chile decided, by unanimous vote of all its members, to maintain the monetary policy interest rate at 2.75 (annual). 10/06/2003
10/06/2003
At its monthly monetary policy meeting, the Board of the Central Bank of Chile decided, by unanimous vote, to maintain the monetary policy interest rate at 2.75% (annual). 08/05/2003 08/05/2003
At its monthly monetary policy meeting, the Board of the Central Bank of Chile decided, by unanimous vote, to maintain the monetary policy interest rate at 2.75% (annual). 08/04/2003
08/04/2003

2002

  
At its monthly monetary policy meeting, the Board of the Central Bank decided to keep the monetary policy interest rate at an annual 3% and leave liquidity credit lines unchanged at the levels prevailing since the previous meeting. 10/12/2002
At its monthly monetary policy meeting, the Board of the Central Bank decided to keep the monetary policy interest rate at an annual 3% and leave liquidity credit lines unchanged at the levels prevailing since the previous meeting. 07/11/2002
At its monthly monetary policy meeting held today, the Board of the Central Bank decided to keep the monetary policy interest rate at an annual 3% and leave liquidity credit lines unchanged at the levels prevailing since the previous meeting. 08/10/2002
At its monthly monetary policy meeting held today, the Board of the Central Bank decided to keep the monetary policy interest rate at an annual 3% and leave liquidity credit lines unchanged at the levels prevailing since the previous meeting. 05/09/2002
At its monthly monetary policy meeting held today, the Board of the Central Bank decided to lower the monetary policy interest rate by 25 basis points from an annual 3.25% to 3% and to lower the rates on liquidity credit lines by the same amount each. 08/08/2002
At its monthly monetary policy meeting held today, the Board of the Central Bank decided to lower the monetary policy interest rate by 75 basis points from an annual 4% to 3.25% and to lower the rates on liquidity credit lines by the same amount each. 11/07/2002
At its monthly monetary policy meeting held today, the Board of the Central Bank decided to keep the monetary policy interest rate at an annual 4% and leave liquidity credit lines unchanged at the levels prevailing since the previous meeting. 13/06/2002
At its monthly monetary policy meeting held today, the Board of the Central Bank decided to lower the monetary policy interest rate by 75 basis points from an annual 4.75% to 4% and to lower the rates on liquidity credit lines by the same amount each. The decision is based on the outlook for low inflation in the medium term because economic growth continues slower than expected. 09/05/2002
At its monthly monetary policy meeting held today, the Board of the Central Bank decided to keep the monetary policy interest rate at an annual 4.75% and leave liquidity credit lines unchanged at the levels prevailing since the previous meeting. 09/04/2002
At its monthly monetary policy meeting held today, the Board of the Central Bank decided to lower the monetary policy interest rate by 75 basis points from an annual 5.5% to 4.75% and to lower the rates on liquidity credit lines by the same amount each. 12/03/2002
At its monthly monetary policy meeting held today, the Board of the Central Bank decided to lower the monetary policy interest rate by 50 basis points from an annual 6% to 5.5% and to lower the rates on liquidity credit lines by the same amount each. 19/02/2002
At its monthly monetary policy meeting held today, the Board of the Central Bank decided to lower the monetary policy interest rate by 50 basis points from an annual 6.5% to 6% and to lower the rates on liquidity credit lines by the same amount each. 10/01/2002

2001

  
At its monthly monetary policy meeting held today, the Board of the Central Bank decided to keep the monetary policy interest rate at an annual 6.5% and leave liquidity credit lines unchanged at the levels prevailing since the previous meeting. 13/12/2001
At its monthly monetary policy meeting held today, the Board of the Central Bank decided to keep the monetary policy interest rate at an annual 6.5% and that liquidity credit lines would also remain unchanged at the levels prevailing since the previous meeting. 08/11/2001
At its monthly monetary policy meeting held today, the Board of the Central Bank decided to keep the monetary policy interest rate at an annual 6.5% and that liquidity credit lines would also remain unchanged at the levels prevailing since the previous meeting. 09/10/2001
At its monthly monetary policy meeting held today, the Board of the Central Bank decided to keep the monetary policy interest rate at an annual 6.5% and that liquidity credit lines would also remain unchanged at the levels prevailing since the previous meeting. 06/09/2001
At its monthly monetary policy meeting held today, the Board of the Central Bank decided to keep the monetary policy interest rate at an annual 6.5% and that liquidity credit lines would also remain unchanged at the levels announced on July 26. This nominal rate represents the same monetary policy rate as previously expressed as UF plus 3.5%. 09/08/2001
At an extraordinary meeting held today, the Central Bank Board decided that, as from August 9, the monetary policy interest rate will be defined in nominal terms, that is as a percentage in relation to a value in pesos and not in UF as had been the case. The same will apply to rates on credit lines and liquidity deposits. 26/07/2001
At its monthly monetary policy meeting held today, the Board of the Central Bank decided to keep the monetary policy interest rate at its current level of UF plus 3.5% and that liquidity credit lines would also remain unchanged. The Board based its decision on recent economic developments and on the outlook for the next 24 months. 12/07/2001
At its monthly monetary policy meeting held today, the Board of the Central Bank decided to lower the monetary policy interest rate by 25 basis points from UF plus 3.75% to UF plus 3.5% and to lower the rates on liquidity credit lines by the same amount each. 12/06/2001
At its monthly monetary policy meeting held today, the Board of the Central Bank decided to keep the monetary policy interest rate at its current level of UF plus 3.75% and that liquidity credit lines would also remain unchanged. The Board based its decision on recent economic developments and on the outlook for the next 24 months. 10/05/2001
At its monthly monetary policy meeting held today, the Board of the Central Bank decided to lower the monetary policy interest rate by 25 basis points from UF plus 4% to UF plus 3.75% and to lower the rates on liquidity credit lines by the same amount each. 10/04/2001
At its monthly monetary policy meeting held today, the Board of the Central Bank decided to keep the monetary policy interest rate at its current level of UF plus 4% and that liquidity credit lines would also remain unchanged. 15/03/2001
In a special meeting held today, the Board of the Central Bank decided to lower the monetary policy interest rate by 50 basis points from UF plus 4.5% to UF plus 4% and to lower liquidity credit lines by the same amount. 02/03/2001
At its monthly monetary policy meeting held today, the Board of the Central Bank decided to lower the monetary policy interest rate by 25 basis points from UF plus 4.75% to UF plus 4.5% and to lower the rates on liquidity credit lines by the same amount each. 20/02/2001
At its monthly monetary policy meeting held today, the Board of the Central Bank decided to lower the monetary policy interest rate by 25 basis points from UF plus 5% to UF plus 4.75% and to lower the rates on liquidity credit lines by the same amount each. 18/01/2001

2000

  
At its monthly monetary policy meeting held today, the Board of the Central Bank decided to keep the monetary policy interest rate at its current level of UF plus 5% and that liquidity credit lines would also remain unchanged. 12/12/2000
At its monthly monetary policy meeting held today, the Board of the Central Bank decided to keep the monetary policy interest rate at its current level of UF plus 5% and that liquidity credit lines would also remain unchanged. The Board analysed recent economic developments and the outlook for the next twenty-four months, based on September’s Monetary Policy Report. 14/11/2000
At its monthly monetary policy meeting held today, the Board of the Central Bank decided to keep the monetary policy interest rate at its current level of UF plus 5% and that liquidity credit lines would also remain unchanged. 10/10/2000
The Minister of Finance last week made available to the Central Bank the latest relevant figures on output, sales and national employment. 28/08/2000
At its monthly monetary policy meeting held today, the Board of the Central Bank decided to keep the monetary policy interest rate at its current level of UF plus 5.5% and that liquidity credit lines would also remain unchanged. The Board analyzed recent economic developments and the outlook for the next twenty-four months, based on May’s Monetary Policy Report. 10/08/2000
At its monthly monetary policy meeting held today, the Board of the Central Bank decided to keep the monetary policy interest rate at its current level of UF plus 5.5% and that liquidity credit lines would also remain unchanged. The Board analyzed recent economic developments and the outlook for the next twenty-four months, based on May’s Monetary Policy Report. 11/07/2000
At its monthly monetary policy meeting held today, the Board of the Central Bank decided to keep the monetary policy interest rate at its current level of UF plus 5.5% and that liquidity credit lines would also remain unchanged. 08/06/2000
At its monthly monetary policy meeting held today, the Board of the Central Bank decided to keep the monetary policy interest rate at its current level of UF plus 5.5% and that liquidity credit lines would also remain unchanged. 09/05/2000
At its monthly monetary policy meeting held today, the Board of the Central Bank analyzed the recent evolution of the economy and the outlook for the next 24 months. 11/04/2000
At its monthly monetary policy meeting held today, the Board of the Central Bank analyzed the evolution of the economy in recent weeks and the outlook for the next 8 quarters. 16/03/2000
At its monthly monetary policy meeting held today, the Board of the Central Bank decided to leave the monetary policy interest rate at its current level of UF plus 5.25%. 24/02/2000
At its monthly monetary policy meeting held today, the Board of the Central Bank analyzed the situation of recent weeks and the outlook for the next 24 months. 27/01/2000

1999

  
At its monthly monetary policy meeting held today, the Board of the Central Bank considered the recent favorable macroeconomic developments and the projections for the year 2000 and therefore decided to keep the monetary policy interest rate at its current level of UF plus 5% and the liquidity credit lines also at their present rates. 14/12/1999
At its monthly monetary policy meeting held today, the Board of the Central Bank carried out a detailed analysis of developments in the past few weeks and the outlook for next year. In particular, the Board considered recent behavior of financial markets, both in domestic and foreign currency, and their interaction with world markets and the year 2000 phenomenon. 08/11/1999
At its quarterly monetary policy meeting held today, the Board of the Central Bank decided to leave the monetary policy interest rate at its current level of UF plus 5% and also the liquidity credit lines at their same rates. 14/10/1999
At its monthly monetary policy meeting held today, the Board of the Central Bank decided to keep the monetary policy interest rate at its current level of UF plus 5% and that liquidity credit lines would also remain unchanged. 16/09/1999
The Board of the Central Bank today decided to lower the monetary policy interest rate by seventy-five basis points from an annual UF plus 5.75% to UF plus 5% and the liquidity credit lines by the same amount. 21/06/1999
In view of domestic economic circumstances and the outlook for the main macroeconomic variables, the Board of the Central Bank decided today to lower the monetary policy rate by twenty-five basis points from an annual UF plus 6% to UF plus 5.75% and the liquidity credit lines by the same amount. 01/06/1999
The Board of the Central Bank today decided to lower the monetary policy interest rate by fifty basis points from an annual UF plus 6.5% to UF plus 6% and the liquidity credit lines by the same amount. 06/05/1999
The Board of the Central Bank today decided to lower the monetary policy interest rate fifty basis points from an annual UF plus 7.% to UF plus 6.5% and the liquidity credit lines by the same amount. 06/04/1999
The Board of the Central Bank today decided to lower the monetary policy interest rate by twenty-five basis points from an annual UF plus 7.25% to UF plus 7%. The liquidity credit lines are also lowered by the same amount. 09/03/1999
In view of the evolution of the main macroeconomic variables and their expected trend in the coming quarters, the Board of the Central Bank has decided today to lower the monetary policy interest rate by fifty-five basis points from an annual UF plus 7.8% to UF plus 7.25%. 26/01/1999

1998

  
The Board of the Central Bank decided to lower the monetary policy interest rate by seventy basis points from an annual UF plus 8.5% to UF plus 7.8% in view of the achievement of inflationary targets and current-account deficit in 1998 and the reasonable certainty of fulfilling them again in 1999. 22/12/1998
The Board of the Central Bank decided to lower the monetary policy interest rate by seventy basis points from an annual UF plus 8.5% to UF plus 7.8% in view of the achievement of inflationary targets and current-account deficit in 1998 and the reasonable certainty of fulfilling them again in 1999. 16/12/1998
The Board of the Central Bank decided to lower the monetary policy interest rate from and annual UF plus 10% to UF plus 8.5%. 24/11/1998
The Board of the Central Bank decided to reduce the monetary policy interest rate from UF plus 12% to UF plus 10%. 02/11/1998
The Board of the Central Bank decided to lower the monetary policy interest rate from 14% over UF to 12% over UF. 13/10/1998
The Board of the Central Bank decided to raise the target for the monetary policy interest rate by 150 basis points to a range centering on 8.5% over UF. Similarly, rates on liquidity credit lines will also rise to an annual 8.5%, 8.8% and 9.3% over UF respectively. 03/02/1998
The Board of the Central Bank of Chile decided to take the necessary steps to raise the target interbank interest rate by 50 basis points to a mid-band level of 7.0% over the UF value. 08/01/1998

1997

  
The Board of the Central Bank of Chile decided to take the necessary steps to bring the target interbank interest rate down by 25 basis points to a mid-band level of 6.5% over the UF value. 02/09/1997