Composite Interest Rate: End of September 2014

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17 Oct 2014

Composite Interest Rate: End of September 2014

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) announced today (Friday) the composite interest rate at the end of September 2014.1

The composite interest rate, which is a measure of the average cost of funds of banks, decreased slightly by 2 basis points to 0.40% at the end of September 2014, from 0.42% at the end of August 2014 (see Chart 1 in the Annex). The decline in the composite interest rate in September mainly reflected a decrease in the weighted funding cost for deposits (see Chart 2 in the Annex). 

The historical data of the composite interest rate from the end of the fourth quarter of 2003 to the end of September 2014 are available inthe Monthly Statistical Bulletin on the HKMA website (www.hkma.gov.hk).  The next data release is scheduled for 19 November 2014 and will provide the composite interest rate at the end of October 2014. 

 

Hong Kong Monetary Authority
17 October 2014


1The composite interest rate is a weighted average interest rate of all Hong Kong dollar interest bearing liabilities, which include deposits from customers, amounts due to banks, negotiable certificates of deposit and other debt instruments, and Hong Kong dollar non-interest bearing demand deposits on the books of banks.  Data from retail banks, which account for about 90% of the total customers’ deposits in the banking sector, are used in the calculation.  It should be noted that the composite interest rate represents only average interest expenses.  There are various other costs involved in the making of a loan, such as operating costs (e.g. staff and rental expenses), credit cost and hedging cost, which are not covered by the composite interest rate.

 

Annex

 

Chart 1Annex-Chart1

 

End-of-period figures.  

 

Chart 2Annex-Chart2

 

End-of-period figures.

 

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