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Central banks - summary of current interest rates

This page provides a summary of the current interest rates of a large number of central banks. The current interest rate is the rate at which banks can borrow money from the central bank. The interest rates are used by central banks to shape monetary policy. The summary records the current and historic interest rates for each central bank. If you click on the name of the interest rate in the first column, you will access a page with extensive supplementary information.

Summary of current interest rates of a large number of central banks

 Name of interest rate country/region current rate direction previous rate change
 American interest rate FED United States 0.250 % 1.000 % 12-16-2008
 Australian interest rate RBA Australia 4.250 % 4.500 % 12-06-2011
 Banco Central interest rate Chile 5.000 % 5.250 % 01-12-2012
 Bank of Korea interest rate South Korea 3.250 % 3.000 % 06-10-2011
 Brazilian interest rate BACEN Brazil 10.500 % 11.000 % 01-18-2012
 British interest rate BoE Great Britain 0.500 % 1.000 % 03-05-2009
 Canadian interest rate BOC Canada 1.000 % 0.750 % 09-08-2010
 Chinese interest rate PBC China 6.560 % 6.310 % 07-06-2011
 Czech interest rate CNB Czech Republic 0.750 % 1.000 % 05-07-2010
 Danish interest rate Nationalbanken Denmark 0.700 % 0.800 % 12-15-2011
 European interest rate ECB Europe 1.000 % 1.250 % 12-08-2011
 Hungarian interest rate Hungary 7.000 % 6.500 % 12-20-2011
 Indian interest rate RBI India 8.500 % 8.250 % 10-25-2011
 Indonesian interest rate BI Indonesia 6.000 % 6.500 % 11-10-2011
 Israeli interest rate BOI Israel 2.500 % 2.750 % 01-23-2012
 Japanese interest rate BoJ Japan 0.100 % 0.100 % 10-05-2010
 Mexican interest rate Banxico Mexico 4.500 % 4.750 % 07-17-2009
 New Zealand interest rate New Zealand 2.500 % 3.000 % 03-10-2011
 Norwegian interest rate Norway 1.750 % 2.250 % 12-14-2011
 Polish interest rate Poland 4.500 % 4.250 % 06-09-2011
 Russian interest rate CBR Russia 8.000 % 8.250 % 12-23-2011
 Saudi Ariabian interest rate Saudi Arabia 2.000 % 2.500 % 01-19-2009
 South African interest rate SARB South Africa 5.500 % 6.000 % 11-19-2010
 Swedish interest rate Riksbank Sweden 1.750 % 2.000 % 12-20-2011
 Swiss interest rate SNB Switzerland 0.250 % 0.500 % 03-12-2009
 Turkish interest rate CBRT Turkey 1.500 % 1.750 % 12-17-2010

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American interest rate (Fed)0.25 %12-16-2008
Australian interest rate (RBA)4.25 %12-06-2011
British interest rate (BoE)0.50 %03-05-2009
Canadian interest rate (BOC)1.00 %09-08-2010
European interest rate (ECB)1.00 %12-08-2011
Japanese interest rate (BoJ)0.10 %10-05-2010
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