Interest Rates on Bank Deposits and Loans: May 2022

05/07/2022 - Press Releases

-The weighted average interest rate on new deposits remained almost unchanged at 0.02% in May 2022, while the weighted average interest rate on new loans decreased to 3.86%.

-The interest rate spread between new deposits and loans decreased to 3.84 percentage points.

-The weighted average interest rate on outstanding amounts of deposits remained unchanged at 0.03%, while the weighted average interest rate on outstanding amounts of loans remained almost unchanged at 3.46%.

-The interest rate spread between outstanding amounts of deposits and loans remained almost unchanged at 3.43 percentage points.

1. Interest rates on euro-denominated new deposits and loans

New Deposits
The weighted average interest rate on new deposits remained almost unchanged at 0.02%.

In particular, the average interest rates on overnight deposits placed by households and by non-financial corporations remained unchanged at 0.02% and 0.00% respectively. The average interest rate on deposits from households with an agreed maturity of up to 1 year remained almost unchanged at 0.12%, compared with the previous month.

New Loans
The weighted average interest rate on new loans to households and non-financial corporations decreased by 28 basis points to 3.86%.

More specifically, the average interest rate on consumer loans without a defined maturity (a category that comprises credit cards, revolving loans and overdrafts) decreased by 43 basis points to 14.19%.

The average interest rate on consumer loans with a defined maturity at a floating rate decreased by 5 basis points to 11.00%. On the contrary, the average interest rate on housing loans at a floating rate increased by 25 basis points to 2.65%.

The average interest rate on new corporate loans without a defined maturity decreased by 6 basis points to 3.77%. The corresponding rate on loans to sole proprietors also decreased by 16 basis points to 6.35%.

In May 2022, the average interest rate on corporate loans with a defined maturity at a floating rate decreased by 60 basis points to 2.89%. The interest rate on loans with a defined maturity at a floating rate to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) increased, compared with the previous month, by 4 basis points to 3.57%.

As regards the structure of interest rates according to the size of loans granted, the rate on loans of up to €250,000 remained almost unchanged at 4.67%, on loans of over €250,000 and up to €1 million decreased by 6 basis points to 3.33% and on loans of over €1 million decreased by 83 basis points to 2.61%.

2. Interest rates on outstanding amounts of euro-denominated deposits and loans

Deposits
The weighted average interest rate on outstanding amounts of deposits (including overnight deposits) remained unchanged at 0.03%.

In particular, the average interest rate on outstanding amounts of deposits with an agreed maturity of up to 2 years placed by households remained unchanged at 0.08%, while the corresponding rate on deposits by non-financial corporations remained almost unchanged at 0.11%.

Loans
The weighted average interest rate on outstanding amounts of loans remained almost unchanged at 3.46%.

In particular, the average interest rate on outstanding amounts of housing loans with over 5 years' maturity remained almost unchanged at 1.96%. The corresponding rate on consumer and other loans to individuals and private non-profit institutions decreased by 5 basis points to 6.29%. The average interest rate on corporate loans with over 5 years' maturity remained almost unchanged at 2.99%, while the corresponding rate on loans to sole proprietors decreased by 5 basis points to 4.20%.

Table 1: Average interest rates on new euro-denominated deposits and loans (percentages per annum)

		March 2022	April 2022		May 2022
DEPOSITS	Overnight from households	0.02	0.02	0.02
	Overnight from non-financial corporations	0.00	0.00	0.00
	From households with an agreed maturity of up to 1 year	0.13	0.13	0.12
	Weighted average rate on all deposits	0.04	0.04	0.02
LOANS	Consumer without a defined maturity	14.69	14.62	14.19
	Corporate without a defined maturity	3.89	3.83	3.77
	To sole proprietors without a defined maturity	6.51	6.51	6.35
	Housing at a floating rate	2.44	2.40	2.65
	Consumer with a defined maturity at a floating rate	11.19	11.05	11.00
	Corporate with a defined maturity at a floating rate:	2.84	3.49	2.89
	-amounts of up to €250,000	4.52	4.67	4.67
	-amounts of over €250,000 and up to €1 million	3.55	3.39	3.33
	-amounts of over €1 million	2.63	3.44	2.61
	Loans with a defined maturity to small and medium-sized enterprises at a floating rate	3.17	3.53	3.57
	Weighted average rate on all loans	3.83	4.14	3.86
Interest rate spread		3.79	4.10	3.84

Table 2: Averageinterestratesonoutstandingamountsof euro-denominated depositsandloans (percentages per annum)

		March 2022	April2022	May 2022
DEPOSITS	From households with an agreed maturity of up to 2 years	0.08	0.08	0.08
	From non-financial corporations with an agreed maturity of up to 2 years	0.11	0.10	0.11
	Weighted average rate on all deposits	0.03	0.03	0.03
LOANS	Housing with over 5 years' maturity	1.92	1.94	1.96
	Consumer and other loans to individuals and private non-profit institutions with over 5 years' maturity	6.32	6.34	6.29
	Corporate with over 5 years' maturity	3.01	3.01	2.99
	To sole proprietors with over 5 years' maturity	4.24	4.25	4.20
	Weighted average rate on all loans	3.49	3.49	3.46
Interest rate spread		3.46	3.46	3.43

Notes:
1. The interest rate spread is the difference between the weighted average rate on all loans and the weighted average rate on all deposits.
2. For the calculation of the weighted average interest rate on all outstanding deposits the overnight deposits are also taken into account.
3. Loans at a floating rate comprise also loans with an initial rate fixation period of up to one year.
4. New business refers to new contracts that were agreed during the reference month and not actual loan disbursements.

Related information:
The complete data set of bank deposit and loan interest rates is published in the sub-section "Bank deposit and loan interest rates" on the Bank of Greece website.

The next Press Release for June 2022 will be published on 2 August 2022 according to the Release calendar on the Bank of Greece website.

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