interest_rates

Get interest rates by country(s) and duration. Most OECD countries publish short-term, a long-term, and immediate rates monthly.

Examples

from openbb import obb
obb.economy.interest_rates(provider='oecd')
# For OECD, duration can be 'immediate', 'short', or 'long'. Default is 'short', which is the 3-month rate. Overnight interbank rate is 'immediate', and 10-year rate is 'long'.
obb.economy.interest_rates(provider='oecd', country='all', duration=immediate, frequency=quarter)
# Multiple countries can be passed in as a list.
obb.economy.interest_rates(duration=long, country='united_kingdom,germany', frequency=monthly, provider='oecd')

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Parameters

• standard
• oecd

Name	Type	Description	Default	Optional
country	Union[str, List[str]]	The country to get data. Multiple items allowed for provider(s): oecd.	united_states	True
start_date	Union[date, str]	Start date of the data, in YYYY-MM-DD format.	None	True
end_date	Union[date, str]	End date of the data, in YYYY-MM-DD format.	None	True

Name	Type	Description	Default	Optional
country	Union[str, List[str]]	The country to get data. Multiple items allowed for provider(s): oecd.	united_states	True
start_date	Union[date, str]	Start date of the data, in YYYY-MM-DD format.	None	True
end_date	Union[date, str]	End date of the data, in YYYY-MM-DD format.	None	True
duration	Literal['immediate', 'short', 'long']	Duration of the interest rate. 'immediate' is the overnight rate, 'short' is the 3-month rate, and 'long' is the 10-year rate.	short	True
frequency	Literal['monthly', 'quarter', 'annual']	Frequency to get interest rate for for.	monthly	True

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Returns

OBBject
    results : List[CountryInterestRates]
        Serializable results.

    provider : Optional[Literal['oecd']]
        Provider name.

    warnings : Optional[List[Warning_]]
        List of warnings.

    chart : Optional[Chart]
        Chart object.

    extra : Dict[str, Any]
        Extra info.

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Data

• standard
• oecd

Name	Type	Description
date	Union[date, str]	The date of the data.
value	float	The interest rate value.
country	str	Country for which the interest rate is given.

Name	Type	Description
date	Union[date, str]	The date of the data.
value	float	The interest rate value.
country	str	Country for which the interest rate is given.