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France: Short-term interest rate

Percent · 1863–2025 · 163 observations · forecasts to 2026 · strate

2025
2.18%percent
Change on 2024
−1.4 pointsfrom 3.59%
Average, 2016–2025
0.671%10 years
Record high and low
15.3% (1981)low −0.615% (2017)

Short-term interest rate

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Recent values

Percent

YearValue
20262.06Forecast
20252.18
20243.59
20233.43
20220.342
2021-0.549
2020-0.425
2019-0.356
2018-0.322
2017-0.615
2016-0.556

Sources

  • Homer & Sylla1863–1989
  • Levy-Garboua & Monnet1863–2015
  • Jordà-Schularick-Taylor1870–2020
  • Ngakegni1876–1990
  • Bordo1880–1997
  • Villa1890–1985
  • Ellison, Lee & O'Rourke1925–1936
  • AMECO (European Commission)1960–2025
  • OECD Economic Outlook1970–2025
  • OECD Key Economic Indicators1970–2025
  • OECD Main Economic Indicators (archive)1972–1984
  • IMF International Financial Statistics1989–2017
  • Banque de France2005–2025
  • AMECO (forecast)2025
  • OECD Economic Outlook (forecast)2025–2027

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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