Monthly Statistical Bulletin
8.4 Short-term interest rates
	Annual average (a) (b)					2009 (c)
Country	2006	2007	2008	2009		Nov	Dec	Jan	Feb
Australia	5.8	6.5	7.3	4.1		4.0	4.1	4.2	4.2
Canada	3.4	4.2	3.9	0.9		0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2
China	2.5	3.3	4.7	1.8		2.0	2.1	2.1	2.0
France	2.5	3.7	4.7	2.9		0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7
Germany	2.5	3.7	4.7	2.9		0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7
Indonesia	9.2	9.2	9.2	9.2		9.2	9.2	9.2	9.2
Italy	2.5	3.7	4.7	2.9		0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7
Japan	0.1	0.5	0.9	0.7		0.5	0.5	0.5	0.4
Korea	4.1	4.9	5.8	3.9		2.8	2.8	2.9	2.9
Malaysia	3.2	3.7	3.6	3.4		2.1	2.1	2.1	2.1
New Zealand	7.7	7.8	8.9	5.1		2.8	2.8	2.8	2.7
Philippines	5.0	4.8	3.7	6.1		3.8	3.9	3.9	3.9
Singapore	3.1	3.2	2.3	0.6		0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4
Thailand	4.5	5.3	3.9	2.9		1.4	1.4	1.4	1.3
United Kingdom	4.6	5.3	6.0	2.6		0.6	0.7	0.7	0.7
United States	4.5	5.3	4.7	1.3		0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2
Euro-zone	2.4	3.7	4.0	1.8		0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4
(a) 3 month interbank percentage interest rate
(b) Years shown are calendar years.
(c)  Monthly average
Source: Datastream
												Update
												1 April 2010