Short-term interest rate (per cent) - Ireland - OECD - Monthly
This series is part of the dataset: OECD interest rates
Download Full Dataset (.xlsx)Latest updates. In Ireland, the short-term interest rate stood at 2.64 per cent in September 2026, versus 2.51 in August 2026.
Sample. The monthly time series shown in the graph has 513 records. The series covers the time range going from January 1984 to September 2026.
History. Here's a snapshot of a few descriptive statistics calculated on the whole sample: the interest rate reached a maximum of 40.00 per cent in November 1992; it hit a minimum of -0.58 per cent in December 2021; it was equal on average to 4.39 per cent.
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 | Ireland |
| 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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