Kenya | Interest rate spread (lending rate minus deposit rate, %)
Interest rate spread is the interest rate charged by banks on loans to private sector customers minus the interest rate paid by commercial or similar banks for demand, time, or savings deposits. The terms and conditions attached to these rates differ by country, however, limiting their comparability. Development relevance: Both banking and financial systems enhance growth, the main factor in poverty reduction. At low levels of economic development commercial banks tend to dominate the financial system, while at higher levels domestic stock markets tend to become more active and efficient. The size and mobility of international capital flows make it increasingly important to monitor the strength of financial systems. Robust financial systems can increase economic activity and welfare, but instability can disrupt financial activity and impose widespread costs on the economy. Limitations and exceptions: Countries use a variety of reporting formats, sample designs, interest compounding formulas, averaging methods, and data presentations for indices and other data series on interest rates. The IMF's Monetary and Financial Statistics Manual does not provide guidelines beyond the general recommendation that such data should reflect market prices and effective (rather than nominal) interest rates and should be representative of the financial assets and markets to be covered. For more information, please see http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/mfs/manual/index.htm. Statistical concept and methodology: The interest rate spread - the margin between the cost of mobilizing liabilities and the earnings on assets - measures financial sector efficiency in intermediation. A narrow spread means low transaction costs, which reduces the cost of funds for investment, crucial to economic growth.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Republic of Kenya
Records
63
Source
Kenya | Interest rate spread (lending rate minus deposit rate, %)
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
5.5 1971
5.5 1972
5.5 1973
5.185 1974
4.87 1975
4.87 1976
4.87 1977
4.87 1978
4.87 1979
4.83 1980
3.57 1981
2.3025 1982
2.56333333 1983
2.64583333 1984
2.75 1985
2.75 1986
3.6875 1987
4.66666667 1988
5.25 1989
5.08333333 1990
4.4975 1991
1992
1993
20.52 1994
15.19833333 1995
16.19583333 1996
13.52333333 1997
11.08916667 1998
12.82916667 1999
14.23833333 2000
13.02666667 2001
12.96666667 2002
12.44 2003
10.09833333 2004
7.8 2005
8.49683096 2006
8.17809263 2007
8.71480874 2008
8.83752449 2009
9.81413333 2010
9.41819659 2011
8.151262 2012
8.67168802 2013
8.1405511 2014
6.89766858 2015
7.87100507 2016
5.99344926 2017
4.76805862 2018
4.93506258 2019
5.02708133 2020
5.39302456 2021
5.1906654 2022
Kenya | Interest rate spread (lending rate minus deposit rate, %)
Interest rate spread is the interest rate charged by banks on loans to private sector customers minus the interest rate paid by commercial or similar banks for demand, time, or savings deposits. The terms and conditions attached to these rates differ by country, however, limiting their comparability. Development relevance: Both banking and financial systems enhance growth, the main factor in poverty reduction. At low levels of economic development commercial banks tend to dominate the financial system, while at higher levels domestic stock markets tend to become more active and efficient. The size and mobility of international capital flows make it increasingly important to monitor the strength of financial systems. Robust financial systems can increase economic activity and welfare, but instability can disrupt financial activity and impose widespread costs on the economy. Limitations and exceptions: Countries use a variety of reporting formats, sample designs, interest compounding formulas, averaging methods, and data presentations for indices and other data series on interest rates. The IMF's Monetary and Financial Statistics Manual does not provide guidelines beyond the general recommendation that such data should reflect market prices and effective (rather than nominal) interest rates and should be representative of the financial assets and markets to be covered. For more information, please see http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/mfs/manual/index.htm. Statistical concept and methodology: The interest rate spread - the margin between the cost of mobilizing liabilities and the earnings on assets - measures financial sector efficiency in intermediation. A narrow spread means low transaction costs, which reduces the cost of funds for investment, crucial to economic growth.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Republic of Kenya
Records
63
Source