Monthly Statistical Bulletin
8.4 Short-term interest rates
	Annual average (a) (b)					2008 (a)
Country	2004	2005	2006	2007		May	Jun	Jul	Aug
Australia	5.7	5.6	5.8	6.5		7.9	7.8	7.8	7.6
Canada	2.6	2.5	3.4	4.2		2.7	2.7	2.7	2.4
China	3.9	3.2	2.5	3.3		4.6	4.4	4.5	4.3
France	2.1	2.2	2.5	3.7		4.9	4.9	5.0	5.0
Germany	2.1	2.2	2.5	3.7		4.9	4.9	5.0	5.0
Indonesia	9.2	9.2	9.2	9.2		9.2	9.2	9.2	9.2
Italy	2.1	2.2	2.5	3.7		4.9	4.9	5.0	5.0
Japan	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.5		0.8	0.8	0.9	0.9
Korea	4.4	3.5	4.1	4.9		5.4	5.4	5.4	5.7
Malaysia	2.9	2.9	3.2	3.7		3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6
New Zealand	5.4	6.8	7.7	7.8		8.8	8.7	8.7	8.3
Philippines	6.5	7.9	5.0	4.8		3.7	3.7	3.7	5.7
Singapore	0.6	1.4	3.1	3.2		1.2	1.1	1.1	0.9
Thailand			4.5	5.3		3.3	3.4	3.6	3.8
United Kindom	4.0	4.8	4.6	5.3		5.8	5.8	5.9	5.8
United States	1.1	2.5	4.5	5.3		2.8	2.7	2.8	2.8
Euro-zone	2.1	2.1	2.4	3.7		4.0	4.1	4.3	4.4
(a) 3 month interbank percentage interest rate												Update
(b) Years shown are calendar years.												Late September 2008
Sources: Datastream