---
title: "Policy overnight rate target"
method: GET
path: "/api/v1/boc/policy-rate"
tags: ["Central Banks & Monetary"]
---

# Policy overnight rate target

`GET /api/v1/boc/policy-rate`

Target for the overnight rate (series `V39079`, end-of-month) alongside the monthly average overnight rate (`V122514`). The overnight rate target is the Bank of Canada's primary monetary-policy instrument, set eight times per year at scheduled decisions plus ad-hoc moves when warranted.

Decision dates follow the published Bank of Canada calendar; values change in increments of 25 basis points as the normal rule.

## Query parameters

- `recent_years` integer — Number of years of history to include.

## Response `200`

Overnight rate target and monthly average, end-of-month resolution.

- EnvelopeBocPolicyRateData
  - `data` BocPolicyRateData, required — Overnight rate target (policy rate) plus daily overnight rate.
    - `seriesDetail` object, required — Map of series code to metadata (label, frequency, unit).
    - `count` integer, required — Number of observations in this response.
    - `observations` BocObservation[], required — Array of observations, each with `d` plus one float per series code.
      - `d` string, nullable — Observation date (YYYY-MM-DD).
  - `meta` SugraMeta, required — Metadata attached to every /api/v1/* response envelope.
    - `endpoint` string, required — Requested endpoint path.
    - `data_time` string, required — ISO 8601 UTC timestamp of the source data, not of the request.
    - `response_time` string, required — ISO 8601 UTC timestamp when this response was produced.
    - `provider` string, required — API name and version.
    - `source` string, nullable — Identifier of the primary upstream source used for this response.
    - `attribution` string, nullable — Human-readable attribution mandated by an upstream source (e.g. a securities regulator or self-regulatory organization). Present only on responses whose source requires the owner and source to be clearly identified. Do not remove or alter it when using the response.
    - `fallback_used` boolean, nullable — True when the primary source failed and a fallback produced the data.
    - `fallback_chain` string[], nullable — Ordered list of sources attempted, in the order they were tried.
    - `cached` boolean, nullable — True when this response was served from the internal cache.
    - `stale` boolean, nullable — True when the cached response was returned after the upstream rate-limited or errored. Clients can use this to detect degraded data.

## Other responses

- `401` — Missing or invalid `x-api-key` header.
- `422` — Validation Error
- `429` — Daily rate limit exceeded. Check `X-RateLimit-Reset` for the next window.
- `503` — Upstream source is temporarily unavailable. Retry after a short delay.

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