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Country
Central bank discount rate (%)
Afghanistan NA
Albania 6.25% (31 December 2007)
Algeria 4% (31 December 2007)
Angola 19.57% (31 December 2007)
Anguilla 6.5% (31 December 2007)
Antigua and Barbuda 6.5% (31 December 2007)
Argentina NA
Armenia 7.25%
note: this is the Refinancing Rate, the key monetary policy instrument of the Armenian National Bank (2 December 2008)
Aruba 5% (31 December 2007)
Australia NA
Azerbaijan 8%
note: this is the Refinancing Rate, the key policy rate for the National Bank of Azerbaijan (31 December 2008)
Bahamas, The 5.25% (31 December 2007)
Bangladesh 5% (31 December 2007)
Barbados 12% (31 December 2007)
Belarus 10% (31 December 2007)
Belize 12% (31 December 2007)
Benin 4.25% (31 December 2007)
Bolivia 6.5% (31 December 2007)
Botswana 14.5% (31 December 2007)
Brazil 17.85% (31 December 2007)
Bulgaria 5.77% (31 December 2008)
Burkina Faso 4.25% (31 December 2007)
Burma 12% (31 December 2007)
Burundi 10.12% (31 December 2007)
Cambodia 5.25% (31 December 2007)
Canada 3.5% (January 2009)
Cape Verde 8.5% (31 December 2007)
Central African Republic 5.25% (31 December 2007)
Chad 5.25% (31 December 2007)
Chile 6% (31 December 2007)
China 3.06% (17 December 2007)
Colombia 9.5% (31 December 2008)
Comoros 5.36% (31 December 2007)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the 5.25% (31 December 2007)
Costa Rica 17% (31 December 2007)
Cote d'Ivoire 4.25% (31 December 2007)
Croatia 9% (31 December 2008)
Cuba NA
Cyprus 5% (31 December 2007)
Czech Republic 1.25% (31 December 2008)
Denmark 4% (31 December 2007)
Dominica 6.5% (31 December 2007)
Ecuador 10.72% (31 December 2007)
Egypt 9% (31 December 2007)
Equatorial Guinea 5.25% (31 December 2007)
European Union 4%
note: this is the European Central Bank's rate on the marginal lending facility, which offers overnight credit to banks from the eurosystem (31 December 2008)
Fiji 9.25% (31 December 2007)
France NA
Gabon 5.25% (31 December 2007)
Gambia, The 10% (31 December 2007)
Georgia 8%
note: this is the Refinancing Rate, the key monetary policy rate of the Georgian National Bank (25 December 2008)
Germany NA
Ghana 13.5% (31 December 2007)
Greece NA
Grenada 6.5% (31 December 2007)
Guatemala NA
Guinea 22.25% (31 December 2005)
Guinea-Bissau 4.25% (31 December 2007)
Guyana 6.5% (31 December 2007)
Honduras NA
Hong Kong 0.5% (31 December 2008)
Hungary 9.5% (1 January 2009)
Iceland 15.25% (31 December 2007)
India 5.5% (31 January 2009)
Indonesia 9.25% (31 December 2008)
Iraq 15% (31 December 2008)
Ireland NA
Israel 4% (31 December 2007)
Italy NA
Jamaica NA
Japan 0.1% (19 December 2008)
Jordan 6.25% (31 December 2008)
Kazakhstan 11% (31 December 2007)
Korea, South 3% (31 December 2008)
Kuwait 6.25% (31 December 2007)
Laos 12.67% (31 December 2007)
Latvia 6% (31 December 2007)
Lebanon 12% (31 December 2007)
Lesotho 12.82% (31 December 2007)
Libya 4% (31 December 2007)
Lithuania 4.85% (31 December 2007)
Macedonia 6.5% (31 December 2007)
Malawi 15% (31 December 2007)
Maldives 13% (31 December 2008)
Mali 4.25% (31 December 2007)
Malta NA
Mauritania NA
Mexico NA
Mongolia 9.75% (31 December 2008)
Montserrat 6.5% (31 December 2007)
Morocco 3.25% (31 December 2007)
Mozambique 9.95% (31 December 2007)
Namibia 10.5% (31 December 2007)
Nepal 6.5% (31 December 2008)
Netherlands NA
Netherlands Antilles NA
New Zealand 8.25% (31 December 2007)
Nicaragua NA
Niger 4.25% (31 December 2007)
Nigeria 9.5% (31 December 2007)
Norway 2.5% (1st quarter 2009)
Oman 1.98% (31 December 2007)
Pakistan 15% (31 November 2008)
Papua New Guinea 7.38% (31 December 2007)
Paraguay 20% (31 December 2007)
Peru 6.5% (December 2008)
Philippines 6% (31 December 2008)
Poland 5% (31 December 2007)
Qatar NA
Romania NA
Russia 13% (31 December 2008)
Rwanda 12.5% (31 December 2007)
Saint Kitts and Nevis 6.5% (31 December 2007)
Saint Lucia 6.5% (31 December 2007)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 6.5% (31 December 2007)
Sao Tome and Principe 28% (31 December 2007)
Saudi Arabia 2.5% (31 December 2008)
Senegal 4.25% (31 December 2007)
Serbia 9.57% (31 December 2007)
Seychelles 5.13% (31 December 2007)
Sierra Leone NA
Slovakia 4%
note: this is the European Central Bank's rate on the marginal lending facility, which offers overnight credit to banks from the eurosystem; as of 1 January 2009 Slovakia became a member of the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) (February 2009)
Slovenia NA
South Africa 11% (31 December 2007)
Spain NA
Sri Lanka 11.75% (12 February 2009)
Swaziland 11% (31 December 2007)
Sweden 3.5% (31 December 2007)
Switzerland 2.05% (31 December 2007)
Taiwan 1.5% (January 2009)
Tajikistan 13.5% (30 September 2008)
Tanzania 16.4% (31 December 2007)
Thailand 2% (14 January 2009)
Togo 4.25% (31 December 2007)
Trinidad and Tobago 6.94% (31 December 2008)
Turkey 25% (31 December 2007)
Uganda 14.68% (31 December 2007)
Ukraine 8% (31 December 2007)
United Arab Emirates NA
United Kingdom NA
United States 0.5% (31 March 2009)
Uruguay 10% (February 2009)
Vanuatu 6% (31 December 2007)
Venezuela 28.5% (31 December 2007)
Vietnam 6.5% (31 December 2007)
Yemen NA
Zambia 11.73% (31 December 2007)
Zimbabwe 975% (31 December 2007)

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