Short-term interest rate (per cent) - France - OECD - Monthly
This series is part of the dataset: OECD interest rates
Download Full Dataset (.xlsx)Latest updates. In France, the short-term interest rate stood at 2.64 per cent in September 2026, compared to 2.51 in August.
Sample. There are 681 observations in the monthly time series presented in the graph above. The series covers the time period stretching from January 1970 to September 2026.
History. Here are a few summary statistics we computed on the whole sample: the interest rate had a mean of 5.38 per cent; it recorded a minimum of -0.58 per cent in December 2021; it hit a peak of 18.92 per cent in June 1981.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Percentage points |
|---|---|
| 2026-07-31 | 2.42539 |
| 2026-08-31 | 2.51314 |
| 2026-09-30 | 2.63505 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Short-term interest rate |
| Country | France |
| 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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