Base rate is set to 1,75 per cent
Ministry of Finance
Publication date
4.6.2009
8.32
Press release
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The Ministry of Finance has set the base rate to 1,75 per cent as of 1 July 2009 until the end of December 2009. The base rate has cent since 1 January 2009 been at 5,00 per cent.
The base rate, calculated twice a year, is determined on the basis of the average for the 12-month market interest rate quoted over the three months prior to the rate being set. The Ministry of Finance sets the base rate to the nearest one quarter of a percentage point (Act on certain reference rates 996/1998).
Inquiries: Mr. Veikko Kantola, Cabinet Counsellor, tel. 358-(0)9 160 34953 and
Mr. Jussi Lindgren, Financial Adviser, tel. 358-(0)9-160 34922.
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