Economic calendar / ECB interest rate decision
Next ECB interest rate decision
The European Central Bank's rate decision at 14:15 CET, with a press conference at 14:45 CET.
9:15 a.m. ET, 13:15 UTC. Your time zone: shown in US Eastern time.
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Who watches it
EUR pairs (EUR/USD, EUR/GBP), DAX.
Official schedule
Dates and times come from the European Central Bank. See the source.
Prop firm news rules for this release
- FTMO: on FTMO's restricted list (Main Refinancing Rate). On a funded Standard account, no opening or closing on forex pairs with EUR from 2 minutes before to 2 minutes after; stop loss and take profit fills count. Challenge, Verification and Swing accounts: no restriction.
- FundingPips (2-Step Standard, funded): listed in its EUR announcements reference. When its dashboard calendar tags the release Restricted, profits of EUR trades opened or closed from 5 minutes before to 5 minutes after are deducted, unless opened 5 hours or more before.
- FundedNext (funded): if it is a listed high-impact release, only 40% of the profit from EUR-correlated trades executed 5 minutes before to 5 minutes after counts.
- The5ers (High Stakes): if it is high-impact (red folder) on Forex Factory, no order in the related currency or index may execute from 2 minutes before to 2 minutes after.
The four firms' news rules, quoted from their own pages (read October 9, 2026).
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Every scheduled date
| Date | Time (ET) | Your time |
|---|---|---|
| Thu, Oct 29, 2026 | 9:15 a.m. | |
| Thu, Dec 17, 2026 | 8:15 a.m. | |
| Thu, Feb 4, 2027 | 8:15 a.m. | |
| Thu, Mar 18, 2027 | 9:15 a.m. | |
| Thu, Apr 29, 2027 | 8:15 a.m. | |
| Thu, Jun 10, 2027 | 8:15 a.m. | |
| Thu, Jul 22, 2027 | 8:15 a.m. | |
| Thu, Sep 9, 2027 | 8:15 a.m. | |
| Thu, Oct 28, 2027 | 8:15 a.m. |
Questions
When is the next ECB interest rate decision?
The next ECB interest rate decision is on Thursday, October 29, 2026 at 9:15 a.m. ET (13:15 UTC), according to the official schedule published by the European Central Bank.
What time is the ECB released?
9:15 a.m. ET, which is 13:15 UTC.
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