Field Listing - Central bank discount rate
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Country
Central bank discount rate (%)
Afghanistan
NA
Albania
6.25% (31 December 2007)
Algeria
4% (31 December 2007)
Angola
19.57% (31 December 2007)
Anguilla
6.5% (31 December 2007)
Antigua and Barbuda
6.5% (31 December 2007)
Argentina
NA
Aruba
5% (31 December 2007)
Australia
NA
Azerbaijan
13% (31 December 2007)
Bahamas, The
5.25% (31 December 2007)
Bangladesh
5% (31 December 2007)
Barbados
12% (31 December 2007)
Belarus
10% (31 December 2007)
Belize
12% (31 December 2007)
Benin
4.25% (31 December 2007)
Bolivia
6.5% (31 December 2007)
Botswana
14.5% (31 December 2007)
Brazil
17.85% (31 December 2007)
Bulgaria
4.58% (31 December 2007)
Burkina Faso
4.25% (31 December 2007)
Burma
12% (31 December 2007)
Burundi
10.12% (31 December 2007)
Cambodia
5.25% (31 December 2007)
Canada
4.5% (31 December 2007)
Cape Verde
8.5% (31 December 2007)
Central African Republic
5.25% (31 December 2007)
Chad
5.25% (31 December 2007)
Chile
6% (31 December 2007)
China
3.33% (31 December 2007)
Colombia
11.5% (31 December 2007)
Comoros
5.36% (31 December 2007)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
5.25% (31 December 2007)
Costa Rica
17% (31 December 2007)
Cote d'Ivoire
4.25% (31 December 2007)
Croatia
9% (31 December 2007)
Cuba
NA
Cyprus
5% (31 December 2007)
Czech Republic
3.5% (31 December 2007)
Denmark
4% (31 December 2007)
Dominica
6.5% (31 December 2007)
Ecuador
10.72% (31 December 2007)
Egypt
9% (31 December 2007)
Equatorial Guinea
5.25% (31 December 2007)
European Union
5%
note:
This is the European Central Bank's rate on the marginal lending facility, which offers overnight credit to banks from the Eurosystem (31 December 2007)
Fiji
9.25% (31 December 2007)
France
NA
Gabon
5.25% (31 December 2007)
Gambia, The
10% (31 December 2007)
Germany
NA
Ghana
13.5% (31 December 2007)
Greece
NA
Grenada
6.5% (31 December 2007)
Guatemala
NA (31 December 2007)
Guinea
22.25% (31 December 2005)
Guinea-Bissau
4.25% (31 December 2007)
Guyana
6.5% (31 December 2007)
Honduras
NA (31 December 2007)
Hong Kong
5.75% (31 December 2007)
Hungary
7.5% (31 December 2007)
Iceland
15.25% (31 December 2007)
India
6% (31 December 2007)
Indonesia
8% (31 December 2007)
Iraq
20% (31 December 2007)
Ireland
NA
Israel
4% (31 December 2007)
Italy
NA
Jamaica
NA (31 December 2007)
Japan
0.75% (31 December 2007)
Jordan
7% (31 December 2007)
Kazakhstan
11% (31 December 2007)
Korea, South
3.25% (31 December 2007)
Kuwait
6.25% (31 December 2007)
Laos
12.67% (31 December 2007)
Latvia
6% (31 December 2007)
Lebanon
12% (31 December 2007)
Lesotho
12.82% (31 December 2007)
Libya
4% (31 December 2007)
Lithuania
4.85% (31 December 2007)
Macedonia
6.5% (31 December 2007)
Malawi
15% (31 December 2007)
Maldives
12.5% (31 December 2007)
Mali
4.25% (31 December 2007)
Malta
NA (31 December 2007)
Mauritania
NA
Mexico
NA
Mongolia
9.87% (31 December 2007)
Montserrat
6.5% (31 December 2007)
Morocco
3.25% (31 December 2007)
Mozambique
9.95% (31 December 2007)
Namibia
10.5% (31 December 2007)
Nepal
6.25% (31 December 2007)
Netherlands
NA (31 December 2007)
Netherlands Antilles
NA (31 December 2007)
New Zealand
8.25% (31 December 2007)
Nicaragua
NA (31 December 2007)
Niger
4.25% (31 December 2007)
Nigeria
9.5% (31 December 2007)
Norway
6.25% (31 December 2007)
Oman
1.98% (31 December 2007)
Pakistan
10% (31 December 2007)
Papua New Guinea
7.38% (31 December 2007)
Paraguay
20% (31 December 2007)
Peru
5.75% (31 December 2007)
Philippines
4.28% (31 December 2007)
Poland
5% (31 December 2007)
Qatar
NA
Romania
NA
Russia
10% (31 December 2007)
Rwanda
12.5% (31 December 2007)
Saint Kitts and Nevis
6.5% (31 December 2007)
Saint Lucia
6.5% (31 December 2007)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
6.5% (31 December 2007)
Sao Tome and Principe
28% (31 December 2007)
Saudi Arabia
NA
Senegal
4.25% (31 December 2007)
Serbia
9.57% (31 December 2007)
Seychelles
5.13% (31 December 2007)
Sierra Leone
NA (31 December 2007)
Slovakia
4.25% (31 December 2007)
Slovenia
NA (31 December 2007)
South Africa
11% (31 December 2007)
Spain
NA
Sri Lanka
15% (31 December 2007)
Swaziland
11% (31 December 2007)
Sweden
3.5% (31 December 2007)
Switzerland
2.05% (31 December 2007)
Taiwan
NA
Tajikistan
15% (31 December 2007)
Tanzania
16.4% (31 December 2007)
Thailand
3.75% (31 December 2007)
Togo
4.25% (31 December 2007)
Trinidad and Tobago
10% (31 December 2007)
Turkey
25% (31 December 2007)
Uganda
14.68% (31 December 2007)
Ukraine
8% (31 December 2007)
United Arab Emirates
NA
United Kingdom
NA
United States
4.83% (31 December 2007)
Uruguay
10% (31 December 2007)
Vanuatu
6% (31 December 2007)
Venezuela
28.5% (31 December 2007)
Vietnam
6.5% (31 December 2007)
Yemen
NA
Zambia
11.73% (31 December 2007)
Zimbabwe
975% (31 December 2007)
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