Eastern Caribbean Central Bank Key Interest Rates Across the ECCU, CARICOM, and the USA

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LISTING OF KEY INTEREST RATES ACROSS THE ECCU, CARICOM AND THE USA
(at end September 2008)

	Table 1: Selected Commercial Bank Interest Rates
	Table 2: Listing of Rates on Government Securities and Stock Market Performance

TABLE 1: SELECTED COMMERCIAL BANK INTEREST RATES (% )*
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Country	Prime Rate **	Average Weighted Lending Rate	Average Weighted Deposit Rate	Mortgage Rates (range)	Interbank Rate
Anguilla	10.00	9.35	4.01	9.75
Antigua and Barbuda	10.00	10.06	3.34	7.99-11.00
Commonwealth of Dominica	8.50	9.00	3.18	7.25-7.75
Grenada	8.50	9.40	3.13	7.50-13.50
Montserrat	9.50	9.74	2.52	8.25-9.50
St Kitts and Nevis	8.50	8.54	3.71	7.50-10.50
Saint Lucia	9.50	9.54	3.21	6.50-12.00
St Vincent and the Grenadines	9.00	9.39	2.79	7.50-9.00
ECCU	8.50	9.42	3.33	6.50-13.50	5.10
USA¹	5.00	n/a	n/a	6.43	2.01
Barbados²	10.45	n/a	4.45	n/a	n/a
Trinidad and Tobago¹	12.25	n/a	2.50	12.25	n/a
Jamaica¹	n/a	16.74	6.91	n/a	8.25
Source: ECCB, Eastern Caribbean Securities Exchange (ECSE), International Financial Statistics, Federal Reserve, Central Banks of Barbados, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago. Data Retrieved 31 October 2008 The rates referenced are nominal rates; they do not take account of tax incentives or closing costs Rate offered to banks' best customers ¹Data as at July 2008 ²Data as at May 2008 Top^*

TABLE 2 : LISTING OF RATES ON GOVERNMENT SECURITIES AND STOCK MARKET PERFORMANCE
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Country	Government Securities		Stock Market Performance
Country	3-Month T-bill	10-Year Note	Stock Market Performance
Anguilla
Antigua and Barbuda	6.50	8.00*
Commonwealth of Dominica	6.00
Grenada	6.00	7.00**
Montserrat
St Kitts and Nevis	6.50
Saint Lucia	4.50	7.50
St Vincent and the Grenadines	5.82	7.50
ECCU			24.14***
USA¹	1.67
Barbados²	4.31
Jamaica¹	14.46
Trinidad and Tobago²	7.04
Source: ECCB, Eastern Caribbean Securities Exchange (ECSE), International Financial Statistics, Federal Reserve, Central Banks of Barbados, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago. Data Retrieved 31 October 2008 *Represents yield on 7-year note **Represents yield on 5-year note ***Represents change in the ECSE index over the period Jun 08 to Sept 08 ¹Data as at July 2008 ²Data as at May 2008 Top^