Short-term interest rate (per cent) - Germany - OECD - Monthly
This series is part of the dataset: OECD interest rates
Download Full Dataset (.xlsx)Latest updates. In Germany, the short-term interest rate was 2.34 per cent in June 2026, compared to 2.23 in May 2026.
Sample. This monthly series has 798 data points. The series covers the time span going from January 1960 to June 2026.
History. Here’s a quick look at a few summary statistics we computed on the entire sample: the interest rate was equal on average to 4.25 per cent; it recorded a minimum of -0.58 in December 2021; it reached a maximum of 14.57 in August 1973.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Percentage points |
|---|---|
| 2026-04-30 | 2.1753 |
| 2026-05-31 | 2.2261 |
| 2026-06-30 | 2.339 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Short-term interest rate |
| Country | Germany |
| 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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