Euro area bank interest rate statistics: March 2026

• Composite interest rate for new deposits with agreed maturity from corporations increased by 5 basis points to 1.96%; interest rate for overnight deposits from corporations broadly unchanged at 0.54%
• Composite interest rate for new deposits with agreed maturity from households and for overnight deposits from households broadly unchanged at 1.86% and 0.26%, respectively
   

Bank interest rates for corporations

The composite cost-of-borrowing indicator, which combines interest rates on all loans to corporations, increased in March 2026. 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 13 basis points to 3.32%. 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 37 basis points to 3.51%. The interest rate on new loans of over €1 million with an initial rate fixation period of over ten years decreased by 6 basis points to 3.65%. 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 almost constant at 3.64%. 
As regards new deposit agreements, the interest rate on deposits from corporations with an agreed maturity of up to one year rose by 4 basis points to 1.94% in March 2026. The interest rate on overnight deposits from corporations stayed almost constant at 0.54%. 
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 7 basis points to 3.95%.