Short-term interest rate (per cent) - Australia - OECD - Monthly
This series is part of the dataset: OECD interest rates
Download Full Dataset (.xlsx)Latest updates. In Australia, the short-term interest rate was 4.46 per cent in June 2026, compared to 4.43 in May 2026.
Sample. There are 702 records in the monthly series displayed in the figure above. The series covers the time span extending from January 1968 to June 2026.
History. Have a look at some descriptive statistics we calculated on the entire sample: the interest rate hit a maximum of 21.75 per cent in May 1974; it reached its minimum of 0.00 in November 1969; it was equal on average to 7.07.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Percentage points |
|---|---|
| 2026-04-30 | 4.34 |
| 2026-05-31 | 4.43 |
| 2026-06-30 | 4.46 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Short-term interest rate |
| Country | Australia |
| 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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