Short-term interest rate (per cent) - United States - OECD - Monthly
This series is part of the dataset: OECD interest rates
Download Full Dataset (.xlsx)Latest updates. In the United States, the short-term interest rate was 3.94 per cent in September 2026, versus 3.82 in August 2026.
Sample. There are 747 data points overall in the monthly series presented in the plot above. The span of time covered by the series stretches from June 1964 to September 2026.
History. Check out some statistics we calculated on the whole sample: the interest rate reached a minimum of 0.09 per cent in June 2021; it peaked at 18.65 per cent in December 1980; it had an average value of 5.04 per cent.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Percentage points |
|---|---|
| 2026-07-31 | 3.82000 |
| 2026-08-31 | 3.82000 |
| 2026-09-30 | 3.94000 |
Suggestion. Our metadata often include references to the sources of the data we provide. You can use these references to find more details.
Not for investment purposes. Any data accessible on FetchSeries are not not supposed to be used for investment purposes or as a basis for making financial decisions. Users should ask for professional advice and do independent analysis before taking any financial risk.
Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Short-term interest rate |
| Country | United States |
| 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 |
Series in the same data set
Discover the other time series included in this data set.