Interest rate on new loans to businesses
The annualised agreed interest rate on new euro-denominated loans to non-financial corporations, a composite across loan sizes and fixation periods, as reported by banks in euro area countries.
16 countries have a value for September 2026, the latest period in the data.
Trend over time
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% per year. Source: ECB statistics. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Euro area | Germany | France | Spain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 3.79%p (Provisional value) | 3.78% | 3.82% | 3.70% |
| August 2026 | 3.63% | 3.59% | 3.68% | 3.57% |
| July 2026 | 3.72% | 3.78% | 3.61% | 3.68% |
| June 2026 | 3.73% | 3.79% | 3.71% | 3.53% |
| May 2026 | 3.56% | 3.48% | 3.54% | 3.48% |
| April 2026 | 3.55% | 3.55% | 3.56% | 3.41% |
| March 2026 | 3.50% | 3.58% | 3.54% | 3.24% |
| February 2026 | 3.41% | 3.35% | 3.52% | 3.27% |
| January 2026 | 3.48% | 3.47% | 3.50% | 3.33% |
| December 2025 | 3.50% | 3.48% | 3.56% | 3.28% |
| November 2025 | 3.40% | 3.34% | 3.47% | 3.31% |
| October 2025 | 3.41% | 3.37% | 3.45% | 3.22% |
| September 2025 | 3.38% | 3.33% | 3.46% | 3.19% |
| August 2025 | 3.33% | 3.23% | 3.40% | 3.24% |
| July 2025 | 3.43% | 3.36% | 3.55% | 3.27% |
| June 2025 | 3.48% | 3.49% | 3.56% | 3.17% |
| May 2025 | 3.54% | 3.49% | 3.57% | 3.36% |
| April 2025 | 3.68% | 3.66% | 3.73% | 3.47% |
| March 2025 | 3.81% | 3.77% | 3.83% | 3.53% |
| February 2025 | 4.00% | 4.13% | 3.84% | 3.89% |
| January 2025 | 4.13% | 4.24% | 4.11% | 3.87% |
| December 2024 | 4.23% | 4.27% | 4.19% | 4.03% |
| November 2024 | 4.40% | 4.45% | 4.23% | 4.23% |
| October 2024 | 4.56% | 4.68% | 4.40% | 4.32% |
| September 2024 | 4.68% | 4.68% | 4.51% | 4.56% |
| August 2024 | 4.93% | 5.02% | 4.64% | 4.79% |
| July 2024 | 4.96% | 4.98% | 4.75% | 4.76% |
| June 2024 | 5.00% | 5.06% | 4.74% | 4.87% |
| May 2024 | 5.02% | 5.10% | 4.50% | 5.05% |
| April 2024 | 5.11% | 5.20% | 4.82% | 5.01% |
| March 2024 | 5.13% | 5.20% | 4.82% | 4.99% |
| February 2024 | 5.05% | 5.06% | 4.87% | 5.02% |
| January 2024 | 5.11% | 5.16% | 4.82% | 5.03% |
| December 2023 | 5.17% | 5.19% | 4.87% | 5.13% |
| November 2023 | 5.20% | 5.17% | 4.92% | 5.21% |
| October 2023 | 5.25% | 5.39% | 4.86% | 5.21% |
| September 2023 | 5.07% | 5.16% | 4.63% | 5.07% |
| August 2023 | 5.01% | 5.11% | 4.54% | 5.10% |
| July 2023 | 4.93% | 5.06% | 4.64% | 4.84% |
| June 2023 | 4.78% | 4.88% | 4.41% | 4.63% |
Flags: p Provisional value . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- Among the 16 countries with a value for September 2026, the highest is Latvia (5.40%) and the lowest Netherlands (3.16%).
- Half of the countries are above 4.13% and half below.
- From August 2026 to September 2026 the value rose in 14 countries and fell in 2.
- The figure for the euro area was 3.79% in September 2026, against 1.38% in September 2021 (+2.41 percentage points).
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- Covers euro area countries only.
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All countries in September 2026 Every value is for September 2026, so the countries are compared at the same point in time.
- 1 Latvia 5.40%
- 2 Lithuania 5.18%
- 3 Slovakia 4.83%
- 4 Ireland 4.70%
- 5 Bulgaria 4.54%
- 6 Slovenia 4.53%
- 7 Cyprus 4.33%
- 8 Portugal 4.25%
- 9 Belgium 4.01%
- 10 Austria 3.90%
- 11 France 3.82%
- 12 Germany 3.78%
- 13 Italy 3.78%
- 14 Croatia 3.70%
- 15 Spain 3.70%
- 16 Netherlands 3.16%
- Euro area 3.79%p (Provisional value)
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Grey: no value for September 2026. Colour groups split countries into roughly equal numbers. Boundaries: Natural Earth.