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LIBOR, information about the London InterBank Offered Rate

For current LIBOR interest rates please click here.

This page contains detailed background information about LIBOR.

LIBOR in brief

LIBOR stands for London InterBank Offered Rate. LIBOR is an indicative average interest rate at which a selection of banks (the panel banks) are prepared to lend one another unsecured funds on the London money market. Although reference is often made to the LIBOR interest rate, there are actually a lot of different LIBOR interest rates. LIBOR is calculated for 5 different maturities and for 3 different currencies. The official LIBOR interest rates are announced once a day at around 11:45 a.m. London time by ICE Benchmark Administration (IBA). The rates may only be published by partners of the IBA like us. This website shows the current LIBOR interest rates daily between 5 and 6 pm London time.

The creation of LIBOR

At the start of the nineteen eighties there was a growing need amongst the financial institutions in London for a benchmark for lending rates. This benchmark was particularly needed in order to calculate prices for financial products such as interest swaps and options. Under the leadership of the British Bankers' Association (BBA) a number of steps were taken from 1984 onwards which led in 1986 to the publication of the first LIBOR interest rates (bbalibor).

LIBOR panel banks

As has already been indicated, LIBOR is an average interest rate at which a selection of banks will lend one another funds. These banks are called ‘panel banks’. The selection is made every year by the ICE Benchmark Administration (IBA) with assistance from the Foreign Exchange and Money Markets Committee (FX&MMC). A panel is made up for each currency consisting of at least 8 and a maximum of 16 banks which are deemed to be representative for the London money market. Banks are assessed on market volume, reputation and assumed knowledge of the currency concerned. Because the criteria applied are strict, the rates can generally be considered to be the lowest interbank lending rates on the London money market.

LIBOR calculation method

The LIBOR interest rates are not based on actual transactions. On every working day at around 11 a.m. (London time) the panel banks inform Thomson Reuters for each maturity at what interest rate they would expect to be able to raise a substantial loan in the interbank money market at that moment. The reason that the measurement is not based on actual transactions is because not every bank borrows substantial amounts for each maturity every day. Once Thomson Reuters has collected the rates from all panel banks, the highest and lowest 25% of value are eliminated. An average is calculated of the 50% remaining ‘mid values’ in order to produce the official LIBOR (bbalibor) rate.

The significance of the LIBOR interest rates

LIBOR is viewed as the most important benchmark in the world for short-term interest rates. On the professional financial markets LIBOR is used as the base rate for a large number of financial products such as futures, options and swaps. Banks also use the LIBOR interest rates as the base rate when setting the interest rates for loans, savings and mortgages. The fact that LIBOR is often treated as the base rate for other products is the reason why LIBOR interest rates are monitored with great interest by a large number of professionals and private individuals worldwide.

LIBOR currencies

Originally (in 1986) LIBOR was published for 3 currencies: the US dollar, the pound sterling and the Japanese yen. Over the years that followed the number of LIBOR currencies grew to a maximum of 16. A number of these currencies merged into the euro in 2000. At the moment we have LIBOR rates in the following 3 currencies (click on the currency for the current interest rate for each maturity):
LIBOR per currency
American dollar LIBOR
British pound sterling LIBOR
Japanese Yen LIBOR
Libor alternatives
SONIA
SARON
SOFR
TONAR
ESTER
US dollar LIBOR interest rates
American dollar LIBOR overnight
American dollar LIBOR 1 week
American dollar LIBOR 1 month
American dollar LIBOR 2 months
American dollar LIBOR 3 months
American dollar LIBOR 6 months
American dollar LIBOR 12 months
US dollar LIBOR history
American dollar LIBOR 2023
American dollar LIBOR 2022
American dollar LIBOR 2021
American dollar LIBOR 2020
American dollar LIBOR 2019
American dollar LIBOR 2018
American dollar LIBOR 2017
American dollar LIBOR 2016
American dollar LIBOR 2015
American dollar LIBOR 2014
American dollar LIBOR 2013
American dollar LIBOR 2012
American dollar LIBOR 2011
American dollar LIBOR 2010
American dollar LIBOR 2009
American dollar LIBOR 2008
American dollar LIBOR 2007
American dollar LIBOR 2006
American dollar LIBOR 2005
American dollar LIBOR 2004
American dollar LIBOR 2003
American dollar LIBOR 2002
American dollar LIBOR 2001
American dollar LIBOR 2000
American dollar LIBOR 1999
American dollar LIBOR 1998
American dollar LIBOR 1997
American dollar LIBOR 1996

Warning: LIBOR is a registered trademark of the ICE Benchmark Administration (IBA). Neither IBA, nor the ICE LIBOR contributor banks, nor the designated distributor of ICE LIBOR from time to time, can be held liable for any irregularity or inaccuracy of ICE LIBOR. For more information and our disclaimer, click here.

USD LIBOR - 1 month5.43193 %09-25-2023
JPY LIBOR - 3 months-0.02617 %12-30-2022
GBP LIBOR - 6 months4.74470 %03-31-2023
Interest rate SONIA5.1855 %09-22-2023
Interest rate SARON1.700475 %09-22-2023
Interest rate TONAR-0.039 %09-22-2023
Interest rate SOFR5.30 %09-22-2023
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