Monthly Statistical Bulletin
8.4 Short-term interest rates
						Months (c)
	Annual average (a) (b)					2011			2012
Country	2008	2009	2010	2011		Oct	Nov	Dec	Jan
Australia	7.2	4.8	4.1	5.0		4.8	4.7	4.7	4.7
Canada	3.9	0.9	0.2	1.0		0.9	0.9	0.8	0.8
China	4.7	1.8	1.9	4.6		6.1	5.8	5.9	5.9
France	4.7	2.9	0.7	1.0		1.6	1.5	1.4	1.2
Germany	4.7	2.9	0.7	1.0		1.6	1.5	1.4	1.2
Indonesia	9.2	9.2	9.2	9.2		9.2	9.2	9.2	9.2
Italy	4.7	2.9	0.7	1.0		1.6	1.5	1.4	1.2
Japan	0.9	0.7	0.5	0.3		0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3
Korea	5.8	3.9	2.9	2.8		3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6
Malaysia	3.6	3.4	2.1	3.0		3.2	3.2	3.2	3.2
New Zealand	9.1	5.7	3.0	3.3		2.8	2.8	2.9	2.9
Philippines	3.7	6.1	3.9	0.8		0.7	0.9	1.3	1.5
Singapore	2.3	0.6	0.4	0.3		0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3
Thailand	3.9	2.9	1.4	2.2		3.6	3.5	3.3	3.2
United Kingdom	6.0	2.6	0.7	0.8		1.0	1.0	1.1	1.1
United States	4.7	1.3	0.2	0.3		0.4	0.4	0.5	0.4
Euro-zone	4.0	1.8	0.4	0.6		0.6	0.4	0.2	0.1
(a) 3 month interbank percentage interest rate
(b) Years shown are calendar years.
(c)  Monthly average
Source: Datastream
												Update
												1 March 2012