Long-term interest rate (per cent) - New Zealand - OECD - Monthly
This series is part of the dataset: OECD interest rates
Download Full Dataset (.xlsx)Latest updates. In New Zealand, the long-term interest rate stood at 4.94 per cent in September 2026, versus 4.71 in the previous month.
Sample. This monthly time series has 680 records. The series covers the period extending from January 1970 to September 2026.
History. Check out some descriptive statistics computed on the whole sample: the interest rate had a mean of 7.32 per cent; it recorded a maximum of 18.71 per cent in May 1985; it reached a minimum of 0.54 per cent in October 2020.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Percentage points |
|---|---|
| 2026-07-31 | 4.61000 |
| 2026-08-31 | 4.71000 |
| 2026-09-30 | 4.94000 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Long-term interest rate |
| Country | New Zealand |
| Economic concept | Interest rate |
| Data type | Annual interest rate |
| Seasonally adjusted | No |
| Deflation method | Not applicable |
| Rescaling | None |
| Measure type | Level |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Unit | Percentage points |
| Source | OECD |
| Source type | International organization |
| Data licence | Redistributable with citation |
| Other information | Long-term interest rates generally refer to government bonds maturing in ten years. |
| FSR temporal aggregation code | LM1 |
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