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Mr. Hardy
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list the current levels of interest rates in each member state of the European Community and in Japan and the United States of America.
Mr. Ryder
Following is the information requested:
Short term nominal interest rates in the EC, United States and Japan | |
Latest figures1 | |
United Kingdom | 15·3 |
United States | 8·3 |
Japan | 7·3 |
Germany | 8·6 |
France | 10·8 |
Italy | 13·3 |
Belgium | 10·6 |
Denmark | 12·0 |
Greece | 17·0 |
Ireland | 12·0 |
Luxembourg | 10·6 |
Netherlands | 9·0 |
Portugal | 13·8 |
Spain | 15·6 |
1 Interest rates refer to close 5 March, except Denmark (8 March), Ireland and Portugal (January), and Greece (December). |