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United States: Short-term interest rate

Percent · 1831–2025 · 195 observations · forecasts to 2026 · strate

2025
4.17%percent
Change on 2024
−0.9 pointsfrom 5.07%
Average, 2016–2025
2.23%10 years
Record high and low
18.0% (1836)low 0.035% (2014)

Short-term interest rate

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Recent values

Percent

YearValue
20263.38Forecast
20254.17
20245.07
20235.18
20222.23
20210.0439
20200.382
20192.07
20181.94
20170.931
20160.318

Sources

  • Carter et al.1831–1900
  • Homer & Sylla1831–1945
  • MeasuringWorth1831–2023
  • Jordà-Schularick-Taylor1870–2020
  • Bordo1880–1997
  • IMF International Financial Statistics1950–2021
  • Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis1954–2025
  • OECD Main Economic Indicators (archive)1955–1984
  • OECD Economic Outlook1964–2025
  • OECD Key Economic Indicators1965–2025
  • 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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