Key Interest Rates Statistics

Here are some key interest rates statistics obtained from the Reserve Bank of Fiji Quarterly Review for March 2007 :

• Weighted Average Lending Rates for Banks, 9.84% (the highest since 1997);
• Weighted Average Time Deposit Rates for Banks, 8.73% (starting to fall after peaking at 9.05% in December 2006, however, the rate is on the high side going back to 1994 for which the data series starts);
• Weighted Average Savings Deposit Rates for Banks, 0.98%;
• Government Treasury Bills 91-day rate, 8.63%.

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