World Bank · Financial Sector

Australia: Interest rate spread

3.54percent · 2019+20.4% since 2009

Interest rate spread is the interest rate charged by banks on loans to private sector customers minus the interest rate paid by commercial or similar banks for demand, time, or savings deposits. The terms and conditions attached to these rates differ by country, however, limiting their comparability. Reported as: lending rate minus deposit rate. Annual figures for Australia from 1981 to 2019.

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Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20193.543
20183.282
20173.237
20163.279
20153.271
20143.046
20132.929
20123.058
20113.4
20103.067
20092.942
20084.183
20073.667
20063.55
20053.367
20043.2
20033.104
20022.663
20013.104
20002.81
19992.508
19982.346
19972.118
19963.048
19953.351
19943.337
19933.652
19923.459
19912.365
19900.527
1989-1.888
19880.722
19870.202
1986-1.217
1985-1.593
1984-0.965
1983-0.433
1982-1.722
1981-1.791

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by International Monetary Fund. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-05.

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World Bank (2026). Interest rate spread. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-interest-rate-spread (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.

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