The interest rate on manat deposits dropped 3.52 percentage points to 12.48% for legal entities and fell by 0.57 percentage points to 20.68% for individuals.
| Average interest rate | Legal entities | Individuals | |||
| Manat | Foreign | Manat | Foreign | Manat | Foreign |
01.09.2008 | 18.22 | 14.67 | 16.00 | 11.92 | 21.25 | 21.40 |
01.01.2009 | 17.45 | 14.52 | 14.87 | 12.37 | 21.53 | 21.52 |
01.09.2009 | 14.86 | 15.48 | 12.48 | 12.71 | 20.68 | 21.76 |
As shown in the table, average interest rate on foreign-currency loans has increased because the manat is increasing against the dollar and euro.