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Comparision of Interest rates...

Interest Rates keep on changin.. as change is needy... Either to inject money or to extract money... it is required..

rediff.com gave a great report on the same, lets see a gist of it.. 

India

  • The Reserve Bank of India cut the repo rate or its key short-term lending rate by 50 basis points to 7.5% and banks' cash reserve requirements (CRR) by 100 basis points to 5.5 per cent.
  • The repo rate or the short term interest rate in India has varied between 6 to 16 per cent from 2000 to 2008.
  • GDP: $1.1 trillion

United States

  • The US Federal Reserve cut its key interest rate from 1.5 per cent to 1 per cent to avoid a deep recession.
  • The Fed has earlier cut rates from 2 to 1.5 per cent.
  • In the United States the rate has varied between 1 per cent and 19 per cent from 1954 to 2008.
  • GDP: $13.81 trillion


Japan

  • The Bank of Japan cut its key interest rate from 0.5 per cent to 0.3 per cent - its first cut in seven years.
  • Japan has the lowest interest rates in the developed world.
  • GDP: $4.38 trillion

Germany

  • Germany has kept rates unchanged at 3.19 per cent since July 2008. The key rate has ranged from 1.13 per cent to 3.32 per cent from 2002 to 2008.
  • GDP: $3.32 trillion

China

  • In the wake of the recession, The People's Bank of China cut key interest rates to 6.66 per cent from 6.93 per cent.
  • GDP: $3.28 trillion


United Kingdom

  • The Bank of England slashed its key interest rate by 150 basis points from 4.50 per cent to 3.00 per cent to offset the impact of the economic recession.
  • The UK's rate is now lower than the Eurozone for the first time in the life of the euro.
  • The European Central Bank, which makes monetary policy for the 15 countries that share the euro currency, cut its key rate to 3.25 per cent.
  • In Britain, the base rate has varied between 15 and 3 per cent from 1989 to 2008.
  • GDP: $2.8 trillion


France

  • The Bank of France expects to cut rates by the end of this year.
  • The French economy is likely to slow down by 0.1 per cent in the third and fourth quarters of 2008, after a 0.3 per cent fall between April and June.
  • GDP: $2.59 trillion


Italy

  • In Italy, the key interest rate has been reduced to 3.75 per cent.
  • GDP: $2.10 trillion


Canada

  • The Bank of Canada cut interest rates to 2.25 per cent from 2.50 per cent in October 2008.
  • GDP: $1.43 trillion

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M_U_K_U_N{U_V} said…
Sir ji China ham se age hai isme :)
Maine to socha tha ham atleast is me to sabse uppar honge :(
chalo better luck in next segment of comparision :)
Friday, November 14, 2008 6:27:00 PM
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