Short-term interest rate (per cent) - Belgium - OECD - Monthly
This series is part of the dataset: OECD interest rates
Download Full Dataset (.xlsx)Latest updates. In Belgium, the short-term interest rate stood at 2.51 per cent in August 2026, compared to 2.43 in the previous month.
Sample. There are 826 observations in the monthly time series shown in the chart above. The series covers the span of time stretching from November 1957 to August 2026.
History. Have a look at some statistics calculated on the whole sample: the interest rate had an average value of 4.87 per cent; it peaked at 17.50 in March 1980; it hit a minimum of -0.58 in December 2021.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Percentage points |
|---|---|
| 2026-06-30 | 2.339 |
| 2026-07-31 | 2.425391 |
| 2026-08-31 | 2.513143 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Short-term interest rate |
| Country | Belgium |
| 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 | Short-term interest rates are the rates at which short-term borrowings are effected between financial institutions or the rate at which short-term government paper is issued or traded in the market. |
| FSR temporal aggregation code | LM1 |
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