Lending Rates

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Prime Lending Rates of Major Countries (%)
Year	Taiwan	Mainland China	Hong Kong	USA	Japan	Canada	Germany	France
2007/8	4.307	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2007/7	4.227	-	7.75	8.25	-	-	-	-
2007/6	4.056	-	7.75	8.25	1.89	-	-	-
2007/5	4.002	6.57	7.75	8.25	1.87	6.00	-	-
2007/4	3.996	6.39	7.75	8.25	-	6.00	-	-
2007/3	3.977	6.39	7.75	8.25	1.86	6.00	-	-
2007/2	3.969	6.39	7.75	8.25	1.80	6.00	-	-
2007/1	3.957	6.12	7.75	8.25	1.78	6.00	-	-
2006	4.115	6.12	7.75	7.96	1.66	5.81	-	-
2005	3.845	5.58	7.75	6.19	1.68	4.42	-	-
2004	3.516	5.58	5.00	4.34	1.77	4.00	-	6.60
2003	3.429	5.31	5.00	4.12	1.82	4.69	-	6.60
2002	7.100	5.31	5.00	4.68	1.86	4.21	9.70	6.60
2001	7.377	5.85	5.13	6.92	1.97	5.81	10.01	6.98
2000	7.711	5.85	9.50	9.23	2.07	7.27	9.63	6.70
1999	7.667	5.85	8.50	7.99	2.16	6.44	8.81	6.36
1998	7.704	6.39	9.00	8.35	2.32	6.60	9.02	6.55
1997	7.500	8.64	9.50	8.44	2.45	4.96	9.13	6.34
1996	7.380	10.08	8.50	8.27	2.66	6.06	10.02	6.77
1995	7.670	12.06	8.75	8.83	3.51	8.65	10.94	8.12
1994	7.935	10.98	8.50	7.14	4.13	6.88	11.48	7.89
1993	8.030	10.98	6.50	6.00	4.41	5.94	12.85	8.90
1992	8.298	8.64	6.50	6.25	6.15	7.48	13.59	10.00
1991	8.647	8.64	8.50	8.46	7.53	9.94	12.46	10.22
1990	10.000	9.36	10.00	10.01	6.95	14.06	11.59	10.57
1989	10.375	11.34	-	10.87	5.29	13.33	9.94	10.00
1988	7.000	9.00	-	9.32	5.03	10.83	8.33	9.43
1987	6.750	7.92	-	8.20	5.21	9.52	8.36	9.60
1986	6.750	7.92	-	8.33	6.02	10.52	8.75	9.89
1985	7.500	7.92	-	9.93	6.60	10.58	9.53	11.09
1984	8.500	7.20	-	12.04	6.75	12.06	9.82	12.15
1983	9.000	7.20	-	10.79	7.13	11.17	10.05	12.25
1982	9.500	7.20	-	14.86	7.31	15.81	13.50	13.63
1981	13.500	5.04	-	18.87	7.86	19.29	14.69	14.28
1980	14.500	5.04	-	15.27	8.35	14.25	12.04	12.54
1979	14.250	-	-	12.67	6.37	12.90	8.63	9.81

Year	U.K.	Italy	Netherlands	Belgium	Switzerland	Sweden	Australia	New Zealand
2007/8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2007/7	-	-	4.75	-	3.22	-	9.85	13.03
2007/6	5.50	6.20	4.75	8.80	3.14	-	9.85	12.83
2007/5	5.50	6.20	4.50	8.25	3.07	-	9.85	12.59
2007/4	5.25	6.20	4.50	8.25	3.06	-	9.85	12.49
2007/3	5.25	6.10	4.50	8.25	3.04	-	9.85	12.43
2007/2	5.25	6.07	4.25	8.25	3.04	-	9.85	12.25
2007/1	5.25	6.06	4.25	8.25	3.03	-	9.85	12.24
2006	4.65	5.62	3.54	7.49	3.03	-	9.41	12.25
2005	4.65	5.31	2.77	6.72	3.12	3.31	9.06	11.53
2004	4.40	5.51	2.75	6.70	3.20	4.00	8.85	10.38
2003	3.69	5.03	3.00	6.89	3.27	4.79	8.41	9.81
2002	4.00	5.78	3.96	7.71	3.93	5.64	8.16	9.83
2001	5.08	6.53	5.00	8.46	4.30	5.55	8.66	9.88
2000	5.98	6.26	4.79	7.98	4.29	5.83	8.78	10.22
1999	5.33	5.58	3.46	6.71	3.90	5.53	7.51	8.49
1998	7.21	7.88	6.50	7.25	4.07	5.94	8.04	11.22
1997	6.58	9.75	6.13	7.06	4.47	7.01	9.31	11.35
1996	5.96	12.06	5.90	7.17	4.97	7.38	11.00	12.27
1995	6.69	12.47	7.21	8.42	5.48	11.11	11.12	12.09
1994	5.48	11.22	8.29	9.42	5.51	10.64	9.55	9.69
1993	5.92	13.87	10.40	11.81	6.40	11.40	9.72	10.34
1992	9.42	15.76	12.75	13.00	7.80	15.20	11.06	11.39
1991	11.54	13.90	12.40	12.88	7.83	16.05	14.28	14.01
1990	14.75	14.09	11.75	13.00	7.42	16.69	18.17	16.01
1989	13.92	14.21	10.75	11.08	5.85	14.81	19.58	15.78
1988	10.29	13.57	7.77	8.92	5.07	13.29	15.10	17.17
1987	9.63	13.58	8.15	9.33	5.24	12.65	16.56	20.84
1986	10.83	15.93	8.63	10.44	5.46	12.57	18.09	-
1985	12.33	18.06	9.25	12.54	5.43	16.89	15.24	-
1984	9.68	21.97	8.88	14.00	5.49	16.00	13.58	12.53
1983	9.79	22.27	8.46	13.75	5.49	14.91	13.63	13.83
1982	11.80	17.37	11.17	15.50	5.98	16.52	14.31	13.73
1981	13.25	18.36	14.25	18.00	5.56	16.73	12.74	13.50
1980	16.17	19.03	13.50	-	-	15.18	10.50	12.63
1979	13.92	14.64	16.50	-	-	13.67	10.00	10.26

Year	Korea	Singapore	Thailand	Indonesia	Philippines	Malaysia	Vietnam	Cambodia
2007/8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2007/7	-	5.33	6.85	-	-	-	-	-
2007/6	-	5.33	7.00	13.88	8.26	6.49	-	-
2007/5	6.48	5.33	7.00	14.06	8.19	6.44	-	-
2007/4	6.35	5.33	7.00	14.30	8.49	6.48	-	16.24
2007/3	6.37	5.33	7.50	14.49	8.79	6.54	-	16.23
2007/2	6.34	5.33	7.50	14.71	8.24	6.54	-	16.23
2007/1	6.32	5.33	7.50	14.90	9.48	6.57	-	16.23
2006	5.99	5.31	7.35	15.98	9.78	6.49	11.18	16.40
2005	5.59	5.30	5.79	14.05	10.18	5.95	11.03	17.33
2004	5.90	5.30	5.50	14.12	10.08	6.05	-	17.62
2003	6.24	5.31	5.94	16.94	9.47	6.30	9.48	18.47
2002	6.77	5.37	6.88	18.95	9.14	6.53	9.06	16.23
2001	7.71	5.66	7.25	18.55	12.40	7.13	9.42	16.50
2000	8.55	5.83	7.83	18.46	10.91	7.67	10.55	17.34
1999	9.40	5.80	8.98	27.66	11.78	8.56	12.70	17.56
1998	15.28	7.44	14.42	32.15	16.78	12.13	14.40	18.33
1997	11.88	6.32	13.65	21.82	16.28	10.63	14.42	18.40
1996	8.84	6.26	13.40	19.22	14.84	9.94	20.10	18.80
1995	9.00	6.37	13.25	18.85	14.68	8.73	-	18.70
1994	8.50	5.88	10.90	17.76	15.06	8.76	-	-
1993	8.58	5.39	11.17	20.59	14.68	10.03	32.18	-
1992	10.00	5.95	12.17	24.03	19.48	10.16	-	-
1991	10.00	7.58	15.40	25.53	23.07	9.35	-	-
1990	10.00	7.36	14.42	20.83	24.12	8.79	-	-
1989	11.25	6.21	12.25	21.70	19.27	8.90	-	-
1988	10.13	5.96	11.58	22.10	15.92	9.30	-	-
1987	10.00	6.10	10.71	21.67	13.34	10.36	-	-
1986	10.00	6.82	13.38	21.49	17.53	-	-	-
1985	10.00	7.93	16.08	-	28.61	-	-	-
1984	10.00	9.72	16.79	-	28.20	-	-	-
1983	10.00	9.05	15.21	-	19.24	-	-	-
1982	11.79	10.23	16.96	-	18.12	-	-	-
1981	17.38	13.65	17.21	-	15.34	-	-	-
1980	18.00	11.72	16.15	-	14.00	-	-	-
1979	-	8.50	12.96	-	14.00	-	-	-

Year	Laos	Myanmar	Mexico	Panama	South Africa	Argentina	Brazil	Chile
2007/8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2007/7	30.00	-	7.57	-	13.00	8.90	-	7.83
2007/6	30.00	-	7.52	-	13.00	8.64	44.00	7.70
2007/5	30.00	-	7.59	8.17	12.50	8.64	44.60	8.21
2007/4	30.00	-	7.32	8.17	12.50	8.71	45.20	8.08
2007/3	30.00	-	7.41	8.09	12.50	8.53	45.80	8.08
2007/2	30.00	-	7.44	8.59	12.50	9.38	47.20	8.34
2007/1	30.00	-	7.44	8.32	12.50	9.60	47.60	7.70
2006	30.00	-	7.51	8.39	11.17	8.63	50.81	8.00
2005	26.83	15.00	9.90	8.67	10.63	6.16	55.38	6.68
2004	29.25	15.00	7.22	8.82	11.29	6.78	54.93	5.13
2003	30.50	15.00	6.91	9.93	14.96	19.15	67.08	6.18
2002	29.33	15.00	8.20	10.58	15.75	51.68	62.88	7.76
2001	10.97	26.17	15.00	12.80	13.77	27.71	57.62	11.89
2000	32.00	15.25	16.93	10.48	14.50	11.09	56.83	14.84
1999	32.00	16.13	23.74	10.05	18.00	11.04	80.44	12.62
1998	29.28	16.50	26.36	10.82	21.79	10.64	86.36	20.17
1997	-	16.50	22.14	10.63	20.00	9.24	78.19	15.67
1996	27.00	16.50	36.39	10.62	19.52	10.51	-	17.37
1995	25.67	16.50	59.43	11.10	17.90	17.85	-	18.16
1994	24.00	16.50	19.30	10.15	15.58	10.06	-	20.34
1993	25.33	-	17.73	10.06	16.16	-	-	24.35
1992	26.00	8.00	-	10.61	18.91	-	-	23.97
1991	26.00	-	-	11.79	20.31	-	-	28.58
1990	-	8.00	-	11.98	21.00	-	-	48.87
1989	-	8.00	-	12.92	19.83	-	-	36.01
1988	-	8.00	-	12.47	15.33	-	-	21.21
1987	-	8.00	-	12.60	12.50	-	-	32.67
1986	-	8.00	-	12.36	14.33	-	-	26.36
1985	8.00	-	-	-	21.50	-	-	39.97
1984	8.00	-	-	-	22.33	-	-	38.33
1983	-	8.00	-	-	16.67	-	-	42.82
1982	-	8.00	-	-	19.33	-	-	63.86
1981	-	8.00	-	-	14.00	-	-	52.02
1980	-	8.00	-	-	9.50	-	-	47.14
1979	-	8.00	-	-	10.00	-	-	62.11

Source: IMF International Financial Statistics (IFS); Financial Statistics of the Central Bank of China, Republic of China

Note: ROC data before 2002 serves as basic lending rate; after 2003, posted bank rates are listed, using average of rates from the Bank of Taiwan, Taiwan Cooperative Bank, First Bank, Huanan Bank, and Changhua Bank

(Updated October 2007)

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