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Australia: Short-term interest rate

Percent · 1870–2025 · 156 observations · forecasts to 2026 · strate

2025
3.83%percent
Change on 2024
−0.6 pointsfrom 4.39%
Average, 2016–2025
2.00%10 years
Record high and low
17.3% (1989)low 0.0283% (2021)

Short-term interest rate

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Recent values

Percent

YearValue
20263.42Forecast
20253.83
20244.39
20233.98
20221.64
20210.0283
20200.257
20191.17
20181.50
20171.50
20161.73

Sources

  • Jordà-Schularick-Taylor1870–2020
  • Ellison, Lee & O'Rourke1925–1936
  • Homer & Sylla1937–1989
  • Foster1963–1997
  • OECD Economic Outlook1968–2025
  • OECD Key Economic Indicators1968–2025
  • Bordo1969–1996
  • OECD Main Economic Indicators (archive)1972–1983
  • IMF International Financial Statistics1976–2019
  • Asian Development Bank (archive)2000–2024
  • Asian Development Bank2000–2025
  • OECD Economic Outlook (forecast)2025–2027

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Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →

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