Interest rates

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 December 2023.

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 27 basis points on a monthly basis to reach 5% in December 2023 compared to 4.73% in November 2023 and the volume of these newly granted loans has increased by 21 million euros to reach 181 million euros in December compared to 160 million in November. On a yearly basis, the interest rate has increased by 237 basis points whereas the volume of newly granted loans has decreased by 126 million euros.

The fixed[3] interest rate on mortgage loans granted to households decreased by 13 basis points on a monthly basis to reach 4.07% in December 2023 while the volume of these newly granted loans has decreased by 11 million euros between the two months to reach 189 million euros. On a yearly basis, this interest rate increased by 47 basis points whereas the volume of newly granted loans has decreased by 110 million euros.

On longer maturities, real estate loans with an initial rate fixation period over 10 years decreased by 14 basis points to reach 4.02% in December 2023. The monthly volume of these newly granted loans decreased by 11 million on a monthly basis to reach 138 million euros in December 2023. On a yearly basis, this rate increased by 39 basis points while the amount of newly granted loans decreased by 107 million euros. It is important to mention that this fixed rate includes all initial fixation periods above 10 years and is computed based on a sample of banks. The indicated rate is an average rate weighted on the volumes of granted loans. Furthermore, fixed rates with initial fixation periods on loans with very long maturities, like e.g. 30 years, can be significantly higher than this average rate mentioned above.

The interest rate on consumer loans that have an initial fixation period above 1 year and below or equal to 5 years has increased by 4 basis points on a monthly basis between November and December to reach 5.54% in December 2023. The volume of newly granted loans has decreased by 2 million euros to reach 20 million euros in December compared to 22 million in November. On a yearly basis, the interest rate has increased by 117 basis points whereas the volume of new lending has increased by 2 million euros.

The interest rate on households’ fixed-term deposits that have an initial maturity below or equal to 1 year has reached 343 basis points in December 2023. On a yearly basis, this rate has increased by 188 basis points.

The following graphs provide a detailed overview of the evolution of interest rates over the past two years and the volumes of the new business loans.

Representative interest rates on new contracts1 – loans and deposits – concluded with non-financial corporations (NFCs)

The variable interest rate on loans below or equal to 1 million euros granted to NFCs increased by 23 basis points in December 2023 to 4.83%, compared to 4.60% in November, and the volume has increased by 28 million euros to reach 131 million in December from 103 million euros in November. On a yearly basis, this interest rate has increased by 187 basis points and the volume of newly granted loans has decreased by 733 million euros.

The variable interest rate on loans above 1 million euros granted to NFCs has increased by 46 basis points on a monthly basis to 4.22% during the last reference period, compared to 3.76% in November. The volume of newly granted loans has increased by 407 million euros to reach 1 818 million euros in December compared to 1 411 in November. On a yearly basis, this interest rate has increased by 142 basis points and the volume of newly granted loans has decreased by 2 392 million euros.

The interest rate on fixed-term deposits of NFCs with an initial maturity below or equal to 1 year has increased by 2 basis points on a monthly basis between November and December to reach 3.71% in December 2023. On a yearly basis, this interest rate has increased by 207 basis points.

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:

https://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.

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