FACTBOX-Global interest rates in 2009

LONDON, July 3 (Reuters) - Sweden's Riksbank cut its main interest rate on July 2 by a quarter percentage point to 0.25 percent. As a result the average rate set by 11 leading central banks -- the five that decide monetary policy for the G7 nations plus six other major banks -- fell to 0.98 percent from 1.00 percent. On May 7 the European Central Bank cut its main interest rate by 25 basis points to 1.0 percent. As a result, the average rate set by central banks of the Group of Seven nations fell to 0.40 percent from 0.45 percent. For interest rate changes in 2008 please double click on The following table of average rates is aimed at reflecting the movement of official policy rates during the economic cycle rather than actual borrowing costs. 2009 MONTH: END07..END08..01...02...03...04...05...06...07...08...09...10...11...12 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ G7 AVG: 3.70 1.25 0.95 0.85 0.55 0.45 0.40 - - - - - - - 11 AVG: 4.52 2.25 1.91 1.63 1.32 1.13 1.03 1.00 0.98 - - - - - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ FED 4.25 0/0.25 - - - - - - - - - - - - BOJ 0.50 0.10 - - - - - - - - - - - - ECB 4.00 2.50 2.00 - 1.5 1.25 1.0 - - - - - - - BOE 5.50 2.00 1.50 1.0 0.5 - - - - - - - - - BOC 4.25 1.50 1.00 - 0.5 0.25 - - - - - - - - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SNB 2.75 0.50 - - 0.25 - - - - - - - - - RBA 6.75 4.25 - 3.25 - 3.0 - - - - - - - - RBNZ 8.25 5.00 3.5 - 3.0 2.5 - - - - - - - - RIKSBK 4.00 2.00 - 1.0 - 0.5 - - 0.25 - - - - - NORWAY 5.25 3.00 - 2.5 2.0 - 1.5 1.25 - - - - - - DENMARK 4.25 3.75 3.0 - 2.25 2.0 1.65 1.55 - - - - - - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NO. OF RATE CHANGES: 2008: 54 5 4 7 6 3 2 1 - - - - - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ MONTH: END07..END08..01...02...03...04...05...06...07...08...09...10...11...12 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ EASTERN EUROPE: POLAND 5.00 5.00 4.25 4.0 3.75 - - 3.5 - - - - - - HUNG 7.50 10.0 9.5 - - - - - - - - - - - CZECH 3.50 2.25 - 1.75 - - 1.5 - - - - - - - RUSSIA 10.0 13.0 - - - 12.5 12.0 11.5 - - - - - - UKRAINE 8.0 12.0 - - - - - - - - - - - - ROMANIA 7.5 10.25 - 10.0 - - 9.5 9.0 - - - - - - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ LATIN AMERICA: BRAZIL 11.25 13.75 12.75 - 11.25 10.25 - 9.25 - - - - - - MEX 7.5 8.25 7.75 7.5 6.75 6.0 5.25 4.75 - - - - - - CHILE 6.0 8.25 7.25 4.75 2.25 1.75 1.25 0.75 - - - - - - COLOMBIA 9.5 9.5 9.0 8.0 7.0 6.0 5.0 4.5 - - - - - - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ASIA KOREA 5.00 3.00 2.5 2.0 - - - - - - - - - - THAI 3.25 2.75 2.0 1.5 - 1.25 - - - - - - - - PHIL 5.25 5.5 5.0 - 4.75 4.5 4.25 - - - - - - - TAIWAN 3.375 2.0 1.5 1.25 - - - - - - - - - - INDS 8.00 9.25 8.75 8.25 7.75 7.5 7.25 7.0 6.75 - - - - - INDIA 7.75 6.5 5.5 - 5.0 4.75 - - - - - - - - CHINA 7.47 5.31 - - - - - - - - - - - - (For more Asian rates please double click on) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ MIDDLE EAST/AFRICA: SARB 11.0 11.5 - 10.5 9.5 8.5 7.5 - - - - - - - ISRAEL 4.25 1.75 1.0 0.75 0.5 - - - - - - - - - TURKEY 15.75 15.00 13.00 11.5 10.5 9.75 9.25 8.75 - - - - - - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ MONTH:DEC07..DEC08..01...02...03...04...05...06...07...08...09...10...11...12 NOTES: If rates change more than once a month, the last rate for that month is listed. The Swiss National Bank targets a range for the three-month Swiss franc LIBOR rate. It currently targets roughly the midpoint of that range. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ INTEREST RATES. (All the interest rates are policy rates identified by each central bank): GROUP OF SEVEN CENTRAL BANKS: U.S FEDERAL RESERVE = federal funds rate BANK OF JAPAN = overnight call rate EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK = refi rate BANK OF ENGLAND = bank rate BANK OF CANADA = overnight funding rate MAJOR CENTRAL BANKS: SWISS NATIONAL BANK = 3-month Swiss Libor RESERVE BANK OF AUSTRALIA = cash rate RESERVE BANK OF NEW ZEALAND = cash rate SWEDISH RIKSBANK = repo rate NORGES BANK = deposit rate DENMARKS NATIONALBANK = Lending rate CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE: NATIONAL BANK OF POLAND (NBP): 28-day intervention rate NATIONAL BANK OF HUNGARY: (NBH) 2-week deposit rate CZECH NATIONAL BANK (CNB): 2-week repo rate CENTRAL BANK OF RUSSIAN FEDERATION (CBR): refinancing rate NATIONAL BANK OF UKRAINE (NBU): discount rate NATIONAL BANK OF ROMANIA (NBR): monetary policy rate LATIN AMERICA: CENTRAL BANK OF BRASIL (BCB): Selic rate CENTRAL BANK OF CHILE (BCC): Discount rate BANK OF MEXICO: Overnight lending rate CENTRAL BANK OF COLOMBIA: Intervention rate ASIA: BANK OF KOREA: Overnight call rate BANK OF THAILAND: 1-day repurchase (repo) rate. CENTRAL BANK OF PHILIPPINES: Overnight borrowing rate CENTRAL BANK OF CHINA (TAIWAN): Discount rate BANK INDONESIA: Bank Indonesia (BI) reference rate RESERVE BANK OF INDIA: Repo rate PEOPLE'S BANK OF CHINA: One-year yuan lending rate MIDDLE EAST/AFRICA: SOUTH AFRICAN RESERVE BANK: Repurchase rate BANK OF ISRAEL: Short-term lending rate CENTRAL BANK OF TURKEY: Overnight borrowing (editing by David Stamp) Keywords: GLOBAL RATES/2009 (London Treasury Desk; ++44 20 7542 7716; Reuters Messaging: [e-mail], email [e-mail]) COPYRIGHT Copyright Thomson Reuters 2009. All rights reserved.

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