Short-term interest rate (per cent) - Japan - OECD - Monthly
This series is part of the dataset: OECD interest rates
Download Full Dataset (.xlsx)Latest updates. In Japan, the short-term interest rate stood at 1.27 per cent in May 2026, compared to 1.24 in April.
Sample. This monthly series has 290 observations in total. The series covers the span of time going from April 2002 to May 2026.
History. Here's a peek at some descriptive statistics we calculated on the whole sample: the interest rate had a mean value of 0.25 per cent; it hit a maximum of 1.27 in May 2026; it hit a minimum of -0.07 in June 2021.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Percentage points |
|---|---|
| 2026-03-31 | 1.26882 |
| 2026-04-30 | 1.24182 |
| 2026-05-31 | 1.27409 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Short-term interest rate |
| Country | Japan |
| 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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