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Interest rates
16.09.2021
The Banque centrale du Luxembourg (BCL) informs that, based on preliminary data, the main interest rates applied by Luxembourg’s credit institutions to euro area households and non-financial corporations (NFCs) for their loan and deposit operations have on average evolved as follows in July 2021.
Representative interest rates on new contracts[1] – loans and deposits – concluded with households
The variable[2] interest rate on mortgage loans granted to households has increased by 2 basis points on a monthly basis to reach 1.31% in July 2021 and the volume of these newly granted loans has decreased by 26 million euros to reach 295 million euros. On a yearly basis, the interest rate has decreased by 6 basis points whereas the volume of newly granted loans has increased by 1 million euros.
The fixed[3] interest rate on mortgage loans granted to households has increased by 2 basis points on a monthly basis to reach 1.38% in July 2021 while the volume of these newly granted loans has increased by 26 million euros to reach 578 million euros. On a yearly basis, this interest rate increased by 4 basis points whereas the volume of newly granted loans has increased by 78 million euros.
The interest rate on consumer loans that have an initial fixation period above 1 year and below or equal to 5 years has decreased by 9 basis points on a monthly basis to reach 2.57% in July 2021 whereas the volume of newly granted loans has decreased by 3 million euros to reach 28 million euros. On a yearly basis, the interest rate has increased by 47 basis points whereas the volume of new lending has decreased by 19 million euros.
The interest rate on households’ fixed-term deposits that have an initial maturity below or equal to 1 year has reached 2 basis points in July 2021 from 21 basis points during the previous reference period. On a yearly basis, this rate has decreased by 2 basis points.
Representative interest rates on new contracts1 – loans and deposits – concluded with NFCs
The variable2 interest rate on loans below or equal to 1 million euros granted to NFCs decreased by 3 basis point to reach 1.36% for July 2021 and the volume of newly granted loans has decreased by 73 million euros to reach 776 million euros. On a yearly basis, this interest rate has decreased by 21 basis points and the volume of newly granted loans has increased by 21 million euros.
The variable2 interest rate on loans above 1 million euros granted to NFCs has increased by 13 basis points on a monthly basis to reach 1% during the last reference period. The volume of newly granted loans has decreased by 870 million euros to reach 3 278 million euros. On a yearly basis, this interest rate has decreased by 6 basis point and the volume of newly granted loans has decreased by 587 million euros.
The interest rate on fixed-term deposits of NFCs with an initial maturity below or equal to 1 year has increased by 24 basis points on a monthly basis to reach -2 basis points in July 2021. On a yearly basis, this interest rate has increased by 15 basis point.
The tables pertaining to interest rates applied to credit institutions can be consulted and/or downloaded on the BCL’s website on the following pages:
http://www.bcl.lu/en/statistics/series_statistiques_luxembourg/03_Capital_markets/index.html
Weighting method
The interest rates applied to new contracts are weighted within the categories of instruments concerned by the amounts of individual contracts. This results from the compilation of national aggregates carried out by reporting credit institutions and by the BCL.
[1] New contracts refer to any new agreement concluded between the household or the non-financial corporation and the reporting agent. New contracts include all financial contracts which mention for the first time the interest rate pertaining to the deposit or credit and all renegotiations of existing deposits or credits.
[2] Variable interest rate or rate with an initial fixation period inferior or equal to 1 year.
[3] Fixed interest rate weighted by the amounts of contracts for all mortgage loans granted, whatever the initial rate fixation period (above 1 year). This series has been published by the BCL since February 2009 only for methodological reasons linked to the identification of reporting agents.
