Short-term interest rate (per cent) - Germany - OECD - Monthly
This series is part of the dataset: OECD interest rates
Download Full Dataset (.xlsx)Latest updates. In Germany, the short-term interest rate was 2.64 per cent in September 2026, compared to 2.51 in August.
Sample. This monthly time series has 801 data points. The period covered by the series stretches from January 1960 to September 2026.
History. Here's a snapshot of a few statistics we computed on the entire sample: the interest rate had an average value of 4.25 per cent; it reached a minimum of -0.58 per cent in December 2021; it reached a maximum of 14.57 per cent in August 1973.
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 | Germany |
| 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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