Table 1.9
Economic indicators — Money market and financial
statistics
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| Canada | United States | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Government of Canada marketable bonds, average yield, average of Wednesdays: over 10 years | Chartered bank administered interest rates - prime business | Bank rate | Corporate bonds (Moody's AAA) | Prime rate charged by banks | Federal funds rate | |
| percent | ||||||
| Annual | ||||||
| 1989 | 9.92 | 13.33 | 12.29 | 9.24 | 10.88 | 9.20 |
| 1990 | 10.81 | 14.06 | 13.04 | 9.36 | 10.00 | 8.06 |
| 1991 | 9.81 | 9.94 | 9.03 | 8.75 | 8.38 | 5.66 |
| 1992 | 8.77 | 7.48 | 6.78 | 8.14 | 6.25 | 3.49 |
| 1993 | 7.88 | 5.94 | 5.09 | 7.20 | 6.00 | 3.01 |
| 1994 | 8.58 | 6.88 | 5.77 | 7.99 | 7.25 | 4.28 |
| 1995 | 8.36 | 8.65 | 7.31 | 7.55 | 8.81 | 5.82 |
| 1996 | 7.54 | 6.06 | 4.53 | 7.38 | 8.27 | 5.29 |
| 1997 | 6.47 | 4.96 | 3.52 | 7.24 | 8.46 | 5.44 |
| 1998 | 5.45 | 6.60 | 5.10 | 6.54 | 8.31 | 5.28 |
| 1999 | 5.68 | 6.44 | 4.92 | 7.07 | 8.02 | 4.98 |
| 2000 | 5.92 | 7.27 | 5.77 | 7.61 | 9.27 | 6.27 |
| 2001 | 5.79 | 5.81 | 4.31 | 7.07 | 6.79 | 3.78 |
| 2002 | 5.67 | 4.21 | 2.71 | 6.49 | 4.67 | 1.66 |
| 2003 | 5.29 | 4.69 | 3.19 | 5.65 | 4.12 | 1.12 |
| 2004 | 5.08 | 4.00 | 2.50 | 5.63 | 4.38 | 1.39 |
| 2005 | 4.41 | 4.42 | 2.92 | 5.22 | 6.23 | 3.25 |
| 2006 | 4.29 | 5.81 | 4.31 | 5.60 | 7.98 | 4.98 |
| 2007 | 4.32 | 6.10 | 4.60 | 5.57 | 8.00 | 5.02 |
| 2008 | 4.06 | 4.73 | 3.21 | 5.62 | 4.88 | 1.84 |
| 2009 | 3.85 | 2.40 | 0.65 | 5.33 | 3.25 | 0.16 |
| Monthly | ||||||
| 2010 | ||||||
| January | 4.04 | 2.25 | 0.50 | 5.28 | 3.25 | 0.12 |
| February | 3.99 | 2.25 | 0.50 | 5.32 | 3.25 | 0.12 |
| March | 3.99 | 2.25 | 0.50 | 5.32 | 3.25 | 0.16 |
| April | 4.02 | 2.25 | 0.50 | 5.24 | 3.25 | 0.20 |
| May | 3.75 | 2.25 | 0.50 | 4.89 | 3.25 | 0.20 |
| June | 3.69 | 2.50 | 0.75 | 4.66 | 3.25 | 0.15 |
| July | 3.69 | 2.75 | 1.00 | 4.76 | 3.25 | 0.19 |
| August | 3.51 | 2.75 | 1.00 | 4.28 | 3.25 | 0.19 |
| September | 3.39 | 3.00 | 1.25 | 4.51 | 3.25 | 0.20 |
| October | 3.32 | 3.00 | 1.25 | 4.80 | 3.25 | 0.19 |
| November | 3.50 | 3.00 | 1.25 | 4.98 | 3.25 | 0.20 |
| December | 3.58 | 3.00 | 1.25 | 4.96 | 3.25 | 0.19 |
| Average | 3.71 | 2.60 | 0.85 | 4.92 | 3.25 | 0.18 |
| 2011 | ||||||
| January | 3.65 | 3.00 | 1.25 | 5.12 | 3.25 | 0.17 |
| February | 3.76 | 3.00 | 1.25 | 5.20 | 3.25 | 0.15 |
| March | 3.66 | 3.00 | 1.25 | 5.16 | 3.25 | 0.13 |
| April | 3.72 | 3.00 | 1.25 | 5.17 | 3.25 | 0.10 |
| May | 3.50 | 3.00 | 1.25 | 4.97 | 3.25 | 0.10 |
| June | 3.39 | 3.00 | 1.25 | 5.13 | 3.25 | 0.08 |
| July | 3.34 | 3.00 | 1.25 | 4.88 | 3.25 | 0.06 |
| August | 2.98 | 3.00 | 1.25 | 4.41 | 3.25 | 0.09 |
| Average to date | ||||||
| 2011 | 3.50 | 3.00 | 1.25 | 5.00 | 3.25 | 0.11 |
| 2010 | 3.84 | 2.41 | 0.66 | 4.97 | 3.25 | 0.17 |
| CANSIM | v122501 | v122495 | v122530 | v122146 | v122148 | v122150 |
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