Short-term interest rate (per cent) - People's Republic of China - OECD - Monthly
This series is part of the dataset: OECD interest rates
Download Full Dataset (.xlsx)Latest updates. In the People's Republic of China, the short-term interest rate was 1.51 per cent in May 2026, compared to 1.64 in April 2026.
Sample. This monthly series has 347 records. The time span covered by the series stretches from June 1997 to May 2026.
History. Check out a few summary statistics computed on the whole sample: the interest rate recorded a maximum of 10.75 per cent in June 1997; it reached its lowest level of 1.09 in February 2009; it had a mean value of 3.43.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Percentage points |
|---|---|
| 2026-03-31 | 1.7 |
| 2026-04-30 | 1.64 |
| 2026-05-31 | 1.51 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Short-term interest rate |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| 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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