May 06, 2022

The composite cost-of-borrowing indicator, which combines interest rates on all loans to corporations,
increased in March 2022, driven by the interest rate effect. The interest rate on new loans of over €1
million with a floating rate and an initial rate fixation period of up to three months increased by 18 basis
points to 1.25%. This increase was due to developments in three euro area countries and was mainly
driven by the interest rate effect. The rate on new loans of the same size with an initial rate fixation
period of over three months and up to one year rose by 9 basis points to 1.17%, driven by both the
interest rate and the weight effects. The interest rate on new loans of over €1 million with an initial rate
fixation period of over ten years increased by 24 basis points to 1.66%. This increase was due to
developments in three euro area countries and was driven by the interest rate effect. In the case of
new loans of up to €250,000 with a floating rate and an initial rate fixation period of up to three
months, the average rate charged stayed constant at 1.77%.
As it regards new deposit agreements, the interest rate on deposits from corporations with an agreed
maturity of up to one year stayed almost constant at -0.31% in March 2022. The interest rate on
overnight deposits from corporations stayed constant at -0.04%.
The interest rate on new loans to sole proprietors and unincorporated partnerships with a floating rate
and an initial rate fixation period of up to one year decreased by 14 basis points to 1.91%. This
decrease was due to developments in three euro area countries and was driven by the interest rate
effect.

The composite cost-of-borrowing indicator, which combines interest rates on all loans to households
for house purchase, increased in March 2022, driven by the interest rate effect. The interest rate on
loans for house purchase with a floating rate and an initial rate fixation period of up to one year
increased by 5 basis points to 1.40%, mainly driven by the interest rate effect. The rate on housing
loans with an initial rate fixation period of over one and up to five years rose by 4 basis points to
1.53%, driven by the interest rate effect. The interest rate on loans for house purchase with an initial
rate fixation period of over five and up to ten years increased by 15 basis points to 1.54%. This
increase was due to developments in one euro area country and was driven by the interest rate effect.
The rate on housing loans with an initial rate fixation period of over ten years rose by 9 basis points to
1.47%, driven by the interest rate effect. In the same period the interest rate on new loans to
households for consumption remained broadly unchanged at 5.29%.
As  it regards new deposits from households, the interest rate on deposits with an agreed maturity of up
to one year remained broadly unchanged at 0.18%. The rate on deposits redeemable at three months’
notice and the one on overnight deposits from households stayed constant at 0.47% and 0.01%,
respectively.

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