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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
Aruba 5% (31 December 2007)
Australia NA
Azerbaijan 13% (31 December 2007)
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 4.58% (31 December 2007)
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 4.5% (31 December 2007)
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 3.33% (31 December 2007)
Colombia 11.5% (31 December 2007)
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 2007)
Cuba NA
Cyprus 5% (31 December 2007)
Czech Republic 3.5% (31 December 2007)
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 5%
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 2007)
Fiji 9.25% (31 December 2007)
France NA
Gabon 5.25% (31 December 2007)
Gambia, The 10% (31 December 2007)
Germany NA
Ghana 13.5% (31 December 2007)
Greece NA
Grenada 6.5% (31 December 2007)
Guatemala NA (31 December 2007)
Guinea 22.25% (31 December 2005)
Guinea-Bissau 4.25% (31 December 2007)
Guyana 6.5% (31 December 2007)
Honduras NA (31 December 2007)
Hong Kong 5.75% (31 December 2007)
Hungary 7.5% (31 December 2007)
Iceland 15.25% (31 December 2007)
India 6% (31 December 2007)
Indonesia 8% (31 December 2007)
Iraq 20% (31 December 2007)
Ireland NA
Israel 4% (31 December 2007)
Italy NA
Jamaica NA (31 December 2007)
Japan 0.75% (31 December 2007)
Jordan 7% (31 December 2007)
Kazakhstan 11% (31 December 2007)
Korea, South 3.25% (31 December 2007)
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 12.5% (31 December 2007)
Mali 4.25% (31 December 2007)
Malta NA (31 December 2007)
Mauritania NA
Mexico NA
Mongolia 9.87% (31 December 2007)
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 6.25% (31 December 2007)
Netherlands NA (31 December 2007)
Netherlands Antilles NA (31 December 2007)
New Zealand 8.25% (31 December 2007)
Nicaragua NA (31 December 2007)
Niger 4.25% (31 December 2007)
Nigeria 9.5% (31 December 2007)
Norway 6.25% (31 December 2007)
Oman 1.98% (31 December 2007)
Pakistan 10% (31 December 2007)
Papua New Guinea 7.38% (31 December 2007)
Paraguay 20% (31 December 2007)
Peru 5.75% (31 December 2007)
Philippines 4.28% (31 December 2007)
Poland 5% (31 December 2007)
Qatar NA
Romania NA
Russia 10% (31 December 2007)
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 NA
Senegal 4.25% (31 December 2007)
Serbia 9.57% (31 December 2007)
Seychelles 5.13% (31 December 2007)
Sierra Leone NA (31 December 2007)
Slovakia 4.25% (31 December 2007)
Slovenia NA (31 December 2007)
South Africa 11% (31 December 2007)
Spain NA
Sri Lanka 15% (31 December 2007)
Swaziland 11% (31 December 2007)
Sweden 3.5% (31 December 2007)
Switzerland 2.05% (31 December 2007)
Taiwan NA
Tajikistan 15% (31 December 2007)
Tanzania 16.4% (31 December 2007)
Thailand 3.75% (31 December 2007)
Togo 4.25% (31 December 2007)
Trinidad and Tobago 10% (31 December 2007)
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 4.83% (31 December 2007)
Uruguay 10% (31 December 2007)
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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