Title: Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Basic Discount Rate (DISCONTINUED) Series ID: DISCNTD8 Source: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (US) Release: Discount Rate Meeting Minutes Seasonal Adjustment: Not Seasonally Adjusted Frequency: Not Applicable Units: Percent Date Range: 1914-11-16 to 2002-11-07 Last Updated: 2003-09-09 8:51 AM CDT Notes: Historical dates of changes and rates. DATE VALUE 1914-11-16 6.00 1915-01-07 5.50 1915-02-03 4.50 1915-09-14 4.00 1917-11-07 4.50 1918-04-08 4.75 1920-01-24 6.00 1921-11-03 5.00 1922-04-06 4.50 1924-06-19 4.00 1927-08-04 3.50 1928-02-21 4.00 1928-04-23 4.50 1928-07-19 5.00 1930-02-11 4.50 1930-04-12 4.00 1930-08-07 3.50 1931-01-08 3.00 1931-05-09 2.50 1931-10-22 3.50 1933-06-08 3.00 1934-02-08 2.50 1935-01-03 2.00 1937-09-02 1.50 1942-03-14 1.00 1948-01-12 1.25 1948-08-19 1.50 1950-08-22 1.75 1953-01-16 2.00 1954-02-05 1.75 1954-04-23 1.50 1955-04-15 1.75 1955-08-08 2.00 1955-08-30 2.25 1955-11-22 2.50 1956-04-13 2.75 1956-08-28 3.00 1957-08-21 3.50 1957-11-15 3.00 1958-01-24 2.75 1958-03-14 2.25 1958-04-18 1.75 1958-09-12 2.00 1958-10-24 2.50 1959-03-13 3.00 1959-05-29 3.50 1959-09-11 4.00 1960-06-10 3.50 1960-08-19 3.00 1963-07-17 3.50 1964-11-24 4.00 1965-12-10 4.50 1967-04-14 4.00 1967-11-27 4.50 1968-03-15 5.00 1968-04-23 5.50 1968-08-30 5.25 1968-12-20 5.50 1969-04-04 6.00 1970-11-11 5.75 1970-12-11 5.50 1971-01-08 5.25 1971-01-29 5.00 1971-02-13 4.75 1971-07-16 5.00 1971-11-11 4.75 1971-12-13 4.50 1973-01-15 5.00 1973-02-26 5.50 1973-04-27 5.75 1973-05-11 6.00 1973-06-11 6.50 1973-07-02 7.00 1973-08-14 7.50 1974-04-26 8.00 1974-12-13 7.75 1975-01-10 7.25 1975-02-07 6.75 1975-03-14 6.25 1975-05-16 6.00 1976-01-23 5.50 1976-11-26 5.25 1977-08-30 5.75 1977-10-26 6.00 1978-01-13 6.50 1978-05-11 7.00 1978-07-03 7.25 1978-08-21 7.75 1978-09-22 8.00 1978-10-16 8.50 1978-11-02 9.50 1979-07-20 10.00 1979-08-17 10.50 1979-09-19 11.00 1979-10-08 12.00 1980-02-16 13.00 1980-03-17 13.00 1980-05-07 13.00 1980-05-29 12.00 1980-06-13 11.00 1980-07-28 10.00 1980-09-26 11.00 1980-11-17 12.00 1980-12-05 13.00 1981-05-05 14.00 1981-09-22 14.00 1981-10-13 14.00 1981-11-02 13.00 1981-11-17 13.00 1981-12-04 12.00 1982-07-21 11.50 1982-08-02 11.00 1982-08-16 10.50 1982-08-27 10.00 1982-10-12 9.50 1982-11-22 9.00 1982-12-14 8.50 1984-04-09 9.00 1984-11-21 8.50 1984-12-24 8.00 1985-05-21 7.50 1986-03-07 7.00 1986-04-22 6.50 1986-07-11 6.00 1986-08-22 5.50 1987-09-09 6.00 1988-08-09 6.50 1989-02-24 7.00 1990-12-19 6.50 1991-02-04 6.00 1991-05-02 5.50 1991-09-17 5.00 1991-11-07 4.50 1991-12-24 3.50 1992-07-07 3.00 1994-05-17 3.50 1994-08-16 4.00 1994-11-15 4.75 1995-02-01 5.25 1996-02-05 5.00 1998-10-15 4.75 1998-11-19 4.50 1999-08-24 4.75 1999-11-18 5.00 2000-02-03 5.25 2000-03-22 5.50 2000-05-18 6.00 2001-01-03 5.75 2001-01-05 5.50 2001-01-31 5.00 2001-03-21 4.50 2001-04-20 4.00 2001-05-16 3.50 2001-06-29 3.25 2001-08-23 3.00 2001-09-18 2.50 2001-10-03 2.00 2001-11-07 1.50 2001-12-12 1.25 2002-11-07 0.75