Short-term interest rate (per cent) - Japan - OECD - Monthly
This series is part of the dataset: OECD interest rates
Download Full Dataset (.xlsx)Latest updates. In Japan, the short-term interest rate stood at 1.56 per cent in August 2026, compared to 1.46 in July 2026.
Sample. In the monthly time series shown in the plot, there are a total of 293 records. The time period covered by the series stretches from April 2002 to August 2026.
History. Check out some simple statistics calculated on the entire sample: the interest rate had a mean of 0.26 per cent; it recorded a minimum of -0.07 per cent in June 2021; it attained a maximum of 1.56 per cent in August 2026.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Percentage points |
|---|---|
| 2026-06-30 | 1.41200 |
| 2026-07-31 | 1.45845 |
| 2026-08-31 | 1.55991 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Short-term interest rate |
| Country | Japan |
| 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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