Short-term interest rate (per cent) - People's Republic of China - OECD - Monthly
This series is part of the dataset: OECD interest rates
Download Full Dataset (.xlsx)Latest updates. In the People's Republic of China, the short-term interest rate was 1.49 per cent in August 2026, compared to 1.54 in July 2026.
Sample. This monthly time series has a total of 350 data points. The time range covered by the series extends from June 1997 to August 2026.
History. Here's a glimpse of a few simple statistics calculated on the whole sample: the interest rate had a mean value of 3.41 per cent; it reached its highest level of 10.75 per cent in June 1997; it hit a minimum of 1.09 per cent in February 2009.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Percentage points |
|---|---|
| 2026-06-30 | 1.51000 |
| 2026-07-31 | 1.54000 |
| 2026-08-31 | 1.49000 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Short-term interest rate |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| 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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