methods, notes and classification Interest Rates on International and Domestic Markets Methoden, Erläuterungen und Klassifizierung

                   INTEREST RATES

      ON INTERNATIONAL AND DOMESTIC MARKETS

Statistical Content

The data contained in this database are the selected interest rates on the international and domestic markets that appear in the OECD publication Financial Statistics Monthly. Section 2 - Domestic Markets. Interest Rates, issued by the Directorate for Financial, Fiscal and Enterprise Affairs.

These series are the most representative interest rates in each country: rates used as reference for establishing other rates, rates applying to the most important borrowing or lending instruments, rates revealing the state of tension or ease in a part of the capital market.

The international market interest rates are those of 3-month deposits in most Eurocurrencies, of 6- and 12-month deposits in Eurodollars, and the secondary market yield of international bonds denominated in dollars, Deutsche marks, guilders, French francs and ECU.

The domestic rates are grouped as follows:

  i.        Money Market:

            1 .    Official discount rates
            2.     Day-to-day money rates
            3.     Short-term bills rates

  ii.       Security Market:

            1 .    Bond yield (on primary and secondary markets)
            2.     Share yield
            3.     Price/earnings ratio

  iii.    Other Markets:

           1 .    Rates charged to borrowers

           2.     Rates paid to lenders.
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CLASSIFICATION PLAN:
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STRUCTURE OF THE CODE :   XX / X / XXXXXX


SUB-CODES :

    1   XX.......   COUNTRY/AREA
    2   ..X......   MARKET CODE
    3   ...XXXXXX   ALPHANUMERIC CODE



SUB-CODE  1 : COUNTRY
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	   00 International Market
           12 Federal Republic of Germany
           14 France
           16 Italy
           18 Netherlands
           22 Belgium
           26 United Kingdom
           30 Denmark
           32 Spain
           42 United States of America
           44 Canada
           46 Japan
           54 Australia
           58 Norway
           60 Sweden
           64 Finland
           68 Switzerland
           70 Austria



SUB-CODE  2 : MARKET CODE
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            M Money Market
            S Security Market
            O Other Markets
            E Eurocurrency Markets
            B International Bond Markets



SUB-CODE  3 : ALPHANUMERIC CODE
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EXPLANATORY NOTE:

The market code and the alphanumeric code form the so-called concept
code which is identical to the numbering system used in the printed
publication. The first character in the concept code refers to the
groups of interest rates in each market.

For example: The series indicative for "OFFICIAL DISCOUNT RATE" for
Germany is 12M1A.


To distinguish between series which are currently updated and
the discontinued series, the series indicatives for the discontinued
series end with a point (.), Z and - not always - a number.

    • M Money Market
    • S Security Market
    • O Other Markets
    • E Eurocurrency Markets
    • B International Bond Markets
    • Reporting Country
      • 00 International Market
      • 54 Australia
      • 70 Austria
      • 22 Belgium
      • 44 Canada
      • 77 Czech Republic
      • 30 Denmark
      • 12 Federal Republic of Germany
      • 64 Finland
      • 14 France
      • 16 Italy
      • 46 Japan
      • 18 Netherlands
      • 58 Norway
      • 32 Spain
      • 60 Sweden
      • 68 Switzerland
      • 26 United Kingdom
      • 42 United States of America