Short-term interest rate (per cent) - United States - OECD - Monthly
This series is part of the dataset: OECD interest rates
Download Full Dataset (.xlsx)Latest updates. In the United States, the short-term interest rate was 3.77 per cent in June 2026, compared to 3.72 in May.
Sample. This monthly time series has 744 observations overall. The time span covered by the series extends from June 1964 to June 2026.
History. Here's a snapshot of some statistics we computed on the whole sample: the interest rate had a mean of 5.07 per cent; it recorded its highest level of 18.65 in December 1980; it recorded a bottom of 0.09 in June 2021.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Percentage points |
|---|---|
| 2026-04-30 | 3.77 |
| 2026-05-31 | 3.72 |
| 2026-06-30 | 3.77 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Short-term interest rate |
| Country | United States |
| 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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