Monthly Statistical Bulletin
8.4 Short-term interest rates
	Annual average (a) (b)					2009 (c)
Country	2005	2006	2007	2008		Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct
Australia	5.6	5.8	6.5	7.3		3.1	3.3	3.4	3.7
Canada	2.5	3.4	4.2	3.9		0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2
China	3.2	2.5	3.3	4.7		1.9	1.9	2.3	1.8
France	2.2	2.5	3.7	4.7		1.0	0.9	0.8	0.7
Germany	2.2	2.5	3.7	4.7		1.0	0.9	0.8	0.7
Indonesia	9.2	9.2	9.2	9.2		9.2	9.2	9.2	9.2
Italy	2.2	2.5	3.7	4.7		1.0	0.9	0.8	0.7
Japan	0.1	0.1	0.5	0.9		0.6	0.6	0.5	0.5
Korea	3.5	4.1	4.9	5.8		2.4	2.5	2.6	2.8
Malaysia	2.9	3.2	3.7	3.6		2.1	2.1	2.1	2.1
New Zealand	6.8	7.7	7.8	8.9		2.8	2.8	2.8	2.8
Philippines	7.9	5.0	4.8	3.7		4.3	3.9	4.0	3.9
Singapore	1.4	3.1	3.2	2.3		0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3
Thailand		4.5	5.3	3.9		1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4
United Kindom	4.8	4.6	5.3	6.0		1.0	0.8	0.6	0.6
United States	2.5	4.5	5.3	4.7		0.4	0.3	0.3	0.2
Euro-zone	2.1	2.4	3.7	4.0		0.5	0.4	0.4	0.4
(a) 3 month interbank percentage interest rate
(b) Years shown are calendar years.
(c)  Monthly average
Source: Datastream.
												Update
												Late November 2009