Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union

Unit C1: National accounts methodology. Sector accounts. Financial indicators.

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The data comprise day-to-day money rates, which are no longer updated. These interest rates no longer exist once a country joins the euro area.

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An interest rate is the cost or price of borrowing, or the gain from lending, normally expressed as an annual percentage amount. Day-to-day money rates (also called overnight money rates) refer to deposits or loans on the money market with a maturity of one business day.

Since the introduction of the euro the day-to-day money rate is the same for all euro area Member States: the EONIA-rate (European OverNight Index Average).

Country specific notes:

Belgium: Rate on banks' deposits of their daily cash surpluses.

Germany: Interbank rate.

Greece: Interbank money market rate (monthly average).

Spain: Average of daily interbank rate.

France: Rate for day-to-day loans against private bills.

Ireland: Interbank rate (end of period)

Italy: Monthly average of weighted daily market rates on interbank overnight deposits.

Netherlands: Representative rate on the money market for loans between banks.

Austria: Non-weighted average of rates quoted by Vienna banks.

Portugal: Interbank money market - average interest rate (24 hours to 5 days).

Finland: Monthly average of the weighted average of the rate paid on banks' overnight deposits.

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Euro area Member States. The series for Luxembourg and Belgium is the same.

The length of series varies considerably. All series end in December 1998 with the exception of Greece whose series end in December 2000. Several series start in January 1973, others later.

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Percentages.

Data shown are monthly averages of daily values, quarterly and annual averages.

No specific rules apply.

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Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 on European statistics (recital 24 and Article 20(4)) of 11 March 2009 (OJ L 87, p. 164), stipulates the need to establish common principles and guidelines ensuring the confidentiality of data used for the production of European statistics and the access to those confidential data with due account for technical developments and the requirements of users in a democratic society.

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In line with the Community legal framework and the European Statistics Code of Practice Eurostat disseminates European statistics on Eurostat's website (see item 10 - 'Accessibility and clarity') respecting professional independence and in an objective, professional and transparent manner in which all users are treated equitably. The detailed arrangements are governed by the Eurostat protocol on impartial access to Eurostat data for users.

Monthly, quarterly and annual.

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Please consult free data on-line: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/exchange-and-interest-rates/database

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Series start from 1973.

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Historical data are frozen and are not updated anymore.

New series can be found in Short-term interest rates.

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Historical series; data are no longer revised.

Historical series; data are no longer revised.

The sources of the data were the national central banks and European Central Bank.

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Data may be checked with national central banks.

The data are day-to-day rates.

There is no European aggregate.

Data are not seasonally adjusted.

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