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The Deutsche Bundesbank has had no independent monetary-policy competence since 1 January 1999; monetary policy for the euro area is set by the ECB Governing Council under Art. 127-133 TFEU and the ESCB/ECB Statute. The value served is the euro-area-wide ECB deposit facility rate (DFR), which applies identically in all 20 euro-area members, not a German-specific rate. On 11 June 2026 the Governing Council raised all three key rates by 25 basis points with effect from 17 June 2026: deposit facility 2.25%, main refinancing operations (MRO) 2.40%, marginal lending facility 2.65%. This was the first ECB increase since September 2023, reversing part of the eight cuts delivered between June 2024 and June 2025; the ECB cited energy-driven inflation pressure from the Middle East conflict. The DFR is served here because since the 18 March 2024 framework change the ECB steers short-term money-market rates through the DFR and narrowed the MRO-DFR spread to 15bp; the MRO rate (2.40%) remains the headline 'refinancing' rate cited by some sources. No Governing Council monetary-policy meeting fell between 17 June 2026 and the last_confirmed date, so 2.25% is still in force. Note separately that the German statutory Basiszinssatz under Section 247 BGB, published semi-annually by the Bundesbank and used for default interest, is a distinct national figure and is NOT a monetary policy rate. 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I need the exact value, the date it took effect, and a link to the official source so our HR team can verify compliance."},{"title":"ECB rate lookup for financial modeling","prompt":"Can you pull the current ECB deposit facility rate as it applies in Germany, with the official press release citation and any relevant notes about whether it's stale?"}],"resultDescription":"A JSON object containing: the numeric value (or structured list for public holidays), unit, series name, country code, effective date, last-confirmed date, staleness boolean, structured source citation (name + URL to official government or central bank document), disclaimer, and explanatory notes about any structural nuances (e.g. Germany has no independent monetary policy rate).","failureModes":["Invalid country code returns an error (only 'de' and 'fr' supported)","Invalid series name returns an error (only policy-rate, vat-rate, minimum-wage, public-holidays supported)","Stale flag set to true if official source has not been re-confirmed recently","Truncated notes field if response is very large","Payment required (402) if x402 micropayment header is not supplied"],"whenToPreferThis":"Use this endpoint when you need authoritative, citation-backed European government reference values — especially for compliance, financial modeling, or legal purposes — and need an official primary source URL, effective date, and staleness indicator rather than just a raw number from an aggregator. 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