Monthly Statistical Bulletin
8.4 Short-term interest rates
	Annual average (a) (b)					2008 (a)
Country	2004	2005	2006	2007		Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Australia	5.7	5.6	5.8	6.5		7.3	7.0	5.7	4.5
Canada	2.6	2.5	3.4	4.2		2.5	1.9	2.2	1.8
China	3.9	3.2	2.5	3.3		4.3	4.4	4.1	3.7
France	2.1	2.2	2.5	3.7		5.0	5.3	4.7	3.8
Germany	2.1	2.2	2.5	3.7		5.0	5.3	4.7	3.8
Indonesia	9.2	9.2	9.2	9.2		9.2	9.2	9.2	9.2
Italy	2.1	2.2	2.5	3.7		5.0	5.3	4.7	3.8
Japan	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.5		0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9
Korea	4.4	3.5	4.1	4.9		5.8	5.9	6.0	5.5
Malaysia	2.9	2.9	3.2	3.7		3.6	3.6	3.6	3.4
New Zealand	5.4	6.8	7.7	7.8		8.1	8.1	7.0	5.5
Philippines	6.5	7.9	5.0	4.8		5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7
Singapore	0.6	1.4	3.1	3.2		1.0	1.5	1.0	0.6
Thailand			4.5	5.3		3.9	4.0	4.0	3.9
United Kindom	4.0	4.8	4.6	5.3		5.7	6.3	5.8	3.9
United States	1.1	2.5	4.5	5.3		2.8	4.7	2.9	2.3
Euro-zone	2.1	2.1	2.4	3.7		4.4	4.1	3.0	2.2
(a) 3 month interbank percentage interest rate
(b) Years shown are calendar years.
Sources: Datastream
												Update
												Late January 2009