Economy > Central bank discount rate > Note: Countries Compared
| COUNTRY | DESCRIPTION |
|---|---|
| Armenia | this is the Refinancing Rate, the key monetary policy instrument of the Armenian National Bank |
| Australia | this is the Reserve Bank of Australia's "cash rate target," or policy rate |
| Azerbaijan | this is the Refinancing Rate, the key policy rate for the National Bank of Azerbaijan |
| Belgium | this is the European Central Bank's rate on the marginal lending facility, which offers overnight credit to banks in the euro area |
| Bulgaria | Bulgarian National Bank (BNB) has had no independent monetary policy since the introduction of the Currency Board regime in 1997; this is BNB's base interest rate |
| Cyprus | this is the European Central Bank's rate on the marginal lending facility, which offers overnight credit to banks in the euro area |
| Czech Republic | the two-week repo rate was 0.75% on 31 December 2010; this is the main rate CNB uses |
| European Union | this is the European Central Bank's rate on the marginal lending facility, which offers overnight credit to banks in the euro area |
| Finland | this is the European Central Bank's rate on the marginal lending facility, which offers overnight credit to banks in the euro area |
| France | this is the European Central Bank's rate on the marginal lending facility, which offers overnight credit to banks in the euro area |
| Georgia | this is the Refinancing Rate, the key monetary policy rate of the Georgian National Bank |
| Germany | this is the European Central Bank's rate on the marginal lending facility, which offers overnight credit to banks in the euro area |
| Greece | this is the European Central Bank's rate on the marginal lending facility, which offers overnight credit to banks in the euro area |
| Indonesia | this figure repesents the 3-month SBI rate; BI has not employed the one-month SBI since September 2010 |
| Ireland | this is the European Central Bank's rate on the marginal lending facility, which offers overnight credit to banks in the euro area |
| Italy | this is the European Central Bank's rate on the marginal lending facility, which offers overnight credit to banks in the euro area |
| Luxembourg | this is the European Central Bank's rate on the marginal lending facility, which offers overnight credit to banks in the euro area |
| Malta | this is the European Central Bank's rate on the marginal lending facility, which offers overnight credit to banks in the euro area |
| Netherlands | this is the European Central Bank's rate on the marginal lending facility, which offers overnight credit to banks in the euro area |
| Portugal | this is the European Central Bank's rate on the marginal lending facility, which offers overnight credit to banks in the euro area |
| Slovakia | this is the European Central Bank's rate on the marginal lending facility, which offers overnight credit to banks from the euro area; as of 1 January 2009 Slovakia became a member of the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) |
| Slovenia | this is the European Central Bank's rate on the marginal lending facility, which offers overnight credit to banks in the euro area |
| Spain | this is the European Central Bank's rate on the marginal lending facility, which offers overnight credit to banks in the euro area |
