Base rate is set to 1,25 per cent

09.12.2009  |  Press release 174/2009

The Ministry of Finance has set the base rate to 1,25 per cent as of 1 January 2010 until the end of June 2010. The base rate has remained at 1,75 per cent since 1 July 2009.

The base rate, calculated twice a year, is determined on the basis of the average for the 12-month market interest rate quoted over the three months prior to the rate being set. The Ministry of Finance sets the base rate to the nearest one quarter of a percentage point (Act on certain reference rates 996/1998).

Inquiries: Mr. Veikko Kantola, Cabinet Counselor, tel. 358-(0)9 160 34953 and Mr. Jussi Lindgren, Financial Adviser, tel. 358-(0)9-160 34922.

 

 

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• Peruskorko laskee 1,25 prosenttiin
  09.12.2009
• Grundräntan sänks till 1,25 procent
  09.12.2009

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