Kuwait | 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
State of Kuwait
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63
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Kuwait | Interest rate spread (lending rate minus deposit rate, %)
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2.3 1980
0.07166667 1981
0.175 1982
1.22166667 1983
0.84583333 1984
1.50166667 1985
1.82416667 1986
2.12916667 1987
1.42666667 1988
0.97333333 1989
1.18555556 1990
1.29916667 1991
0.40333333 1992
0.88083333 1993
1.9075 1994
1.83583333 1995
2.7225 1996
2.87166667 1997
2.615 1998
2.7975 1999
2.97583333 2000
3.40975833 2001
3.3303 2002
2.999325 2003
2.981875 2004
4.02968333 2005
3.65449167 2006
3.08964167 2007
2.80731667 2008
3.32723333 2009
3.084925 2010
3.03180833 2011
2.94199167 2012
2.54063333 2013
2.2442 2014
2.3959 2015
2.85215833 2016
3.075875 2017
3.15843333 2018
2.92139167 2019
2.51651667 2020
2.30463333 2021
2.30935 2022
Kuwait | 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
State of Kuwait
Records
63
Source