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
1971 5.5
1972 5.5
1973 5.5
1974 5.185
1975 4.87
1976 4.87
1977 4.87
1978 4.87
1979 4.87
1980 4.83
1981 3.57
1982 2.3025
1983 2.56333333
1984 2.64583333
1985 2.75
1986 2.75
1987 3.6875
1988 4.66666667
1989 5.25
1990 5.08333333
1991 4.4975
1992
1993
1994 20.52
1995 15.19833333
1996 16.19583333
1997 13.52333333
1998 11.08916667
1999 12.82916667
2000 14.23833333
2001 13.02666667
2002 12.96666667
2003 12.44
2004 10.09833333
2005 7.8
2006 8.49683096
2007 8.17809263
2008 8.71480874
2009 8.83752449
2010 9.81413333
2011 9.41819659
2012 8.151262
2013 8.67168802
2014 8.1405511
2015 6.89766858
2016 7.87100507
2017 5.99344926
2018 4.76805862
2019 4.93506258
2020 5.02708133
2021 5.39302456
2022 5.1906654

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