Lebanon - Interest rate spread

Interest rate spread (lending rate minus deposit rate, %)

The value for Interest rate spread (lending rate minus deposit rate, %) in Lebanon was 0.82 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 37 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 23.12 in 1992 and a minimum value of 0.82 in 2019.

Definition: 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.

Source: International Monetary Fund, International Financial Statistics and data files.

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Year Value
1982 3.89
1983 4.52
1984 4.05
1985 4.05
1986 5.80
1987 15.36
1988 22.50
1989 22.32
1990 23.09
1991 21.25
1992 23.12
1993 12.97
1994 9.08
1995 8.39
1996 9.67
1997 6.92
1999 6.98
2000 6.94
2001 6.34
2002 5.55
2003 4.74
2004 3.44
2005 2.49
2006 2.28
2007 2.28
2008 2.26
2009 2.25
2010 2.14
2011 1.64
2012 1.48
2013 1.52
2014 1.36
2015 1.11
2016 2.42
2017 2.03
2018 1.37
2019 0.82

Classification

Topic: Financial Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Interest rates