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 stood at 2.51 per cent in August 2026, compared to 2.43 in the previous month.
Sample. In this monthly series, there are 800 data points overall. The series covers the span of time extending from January 1960 to August 2026.
History. Here are some statistics we calculated on the whole sample: the interest rate recorded a minimum of -0.58 per cent in December 2021; it recorded a maximum of 14.57 in August 1973; it was equal on average to 4.25.
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 | 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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