Lending interest rate in North America
* indicates monthly or quarterly data series
Interest rates on bank credit to the private sector in North America:
The average for 2020 based on 13 countries was 8.59 percent.The highest value was in Honduras: 17.01 percent and the lowest value was in the USA: 3.54 percent. The indicator is available from 1960 to 2020. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.Measure: percent; Source: The World Bank
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* indicates monthly or quarterly data series
17.01
12.53
12.06
11.18
7.99
7.13
7.01
6.90
6.83
6.64
6.55
6.34
3.54
0
4.3
8.5
12.8
17.01
Definition: Lending rate is the bank rate that usually meets the short- and medium-term financing needs of the private sector. This rate is normally differentiated according to creditworthiness of borrowers and objectives of financing. The terms and conditions attached to these rates differ by country, however, limiting their comparability.
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