Title: Discount Rate Changes: Historical Dates of Changes and Rates (DISCONTINUED) Series ID: DISCOUNT Source: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (US) Release: Federal Reserve Bulletin Seasonal Adjustment: Not Seasonally Adjusted Frequency: Not Applicable Units: Percent Date Range: 1934-02-02 to 2002-11-06 Last Updated: 2003-07-23 12:37 PM CDT Notes: Effective Date Data before 1975 represent the date of the New York Fed discount rate change, data after 1975 represent the date of the first Federal Reserve bank discount rate change. Source: Board of Governors: Banking and Monetary Statistics, 1914-1941, and 1941-1970; the Annual Statistical Digest, 1970-1979; and the Federal Reserve Bulletin, 1978 - January 8, 2003. Please refer to http://www.federalreserve.gov/boarddocs/press/monetary/2003/20030106/default.htm for further information on the discontinuation of this series effective January 9, 2003. DATE VALUE 1934-02-02 1.50 1937-08-27 1.00 1942-10-30 0.50 1946-04-25 1.00 1948-01-12 1.25 1948-08-13 1.50 1950-08-21 1.75 1953-01-16 2.00 1954-02-05 1.75 1954-04-16 1.50 1955-04-15 1.75 1955-08-05 2.00 1955-09-09 2.25 1955-11-18 2.50 1956-04-13 2.75 1956-08-24 3.00 1957-08-23 3.50 1957-11-15 3.00 1958-01-24 2.75 1958-03-07 2.25 1958-04-18 1.75 1958-09-12 2.00 1958-11-07 2.50 1959-03-06 3.00 1959-05-29 3.50 1959-09-11 4.00 1960-06-10 3.50 1960-08-12 3.00 1963-07-17 3.50 1964-11-24 4.00 1965-12-06 4.50 1967-04-07 4.00 1967-11-20 4.50 1968-03-22 5.00 1968-04-19 5.50 1968-08-30 5.25 1968-12-18 5.50 1969-04-04 6.00 1970-11-13 5.75 1970-12-04 5.50 1971-01-08 5.25 1971-01-22 5.00 1971-02-19 4.75 1971-07-16 5.00 1971-11-19 4.75 1971-12-17 4.50 1973-01-15 5.00 1973-02-26 5.50 1973-05-04 5.75 1973-05-11 6.00 1973-06-11 6.50 1973-07-02 7.00 1973-08-14 7.50 1974-04-25 8.00 1974-12-09 7.75 1975-01-10 7.25 1975-02-05 6.75 1975-03-10 6.25 1975-05-16 6.00 1976-01-16 5.50 1976-11-22 5.25 1977-08-30 5.75 1977-10-26 6.00 1978-01-09 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 1978-11-01 9.50 1979-07-20 10.00 1979-08-17 10.50 1979-09-19 11.00 1979-10-08 12.00 1980-02-15 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 1981-11-02 13.00 1981-12-04 12.00 1982-07-20 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 1985-05-20 7.50 1986-03-07 7.00 1986-04-21 6.50 1986-07-11 6.00 1986-08-21 5.50 1987-09-04 6.00 1988-08-09 6.50 1989-02-24 7.00 1990-12-19 6.50 1991-02-01 6.00 1991-04-30 5.50 1991-09-13 5.00 1991-11-06 4.50 1991-12-20 3.50 1992-07-02 3.00 1994-05-17 3.50 1994-08-16 4.00 1994-11-15 4.75 1995-02-01 5.25 1996-01-31 5.00 1998-10-15 4.75 1998-11-17 4.50 1999-08-24 4.75 1999-11-16 5.00 2000-02-02 5.25 2000-03-21 5.50 2000-05-16 6.00 2001-01-03 5.75 2001-01-04 5.50 2001-01-31 5.00 2001-03-20 4.50 2001-04-18 4.00 2001-05-15 3.50 2001-06-27 3.25 2001-08-21 3.00 2001-09-17 2.50 2001-10-02 2.00 2001-11-06 1.50 2001-12-11 1.25 2002-11-06 0.75