Dubai: The Central Bank of the UAE (CBUAE) has kept its key interest rate unchanged, maintaining the Base Rate applicable to the Overnight Deposit Facility (ODF) at 3.65%.
The decision, announced late Wednesday, follows the US Federal Reserve’s move to leave interest rates unchanged, reflecting the UAE’s monetary policy alignment with the US.
The central bank also said it will continue to apply an interest rate 50 basis points above the Base Rate on borrowing short-term liquidity from the CBUAE across all standing credit facilities.
The Base Rate, which is anchored to the US Federal Reserve’s Interest on Reserve Balances (IORB), signals the overall stance of monetary policy and acts as a floor for overnight money market interest rates in the UAE.
This marks the UAE’s first interest rate decision of 2026.
