Commentary on MFI interest rates
May 2026
Interest rates on new business
In May, interest rates on new deposits of households recorded the largest change for deposits redeemable at notice. As regards non-financial corporations, interest rates on deposits with agreed maturity saw the largest change.
The interest rate on household deposits with agreed maturity decreased marginally to 3.03%. The interest rate on overnight deposits rose to 1.49%. The interest rate on current account deposits was unchanged at 0.14%. The interest rate on deposits redeemable at notice increased by 0.02 percentage point to 1.83% (this is the only rate to include, besides the household sector, similar deposits of non-financial corporations, which are negligible in this category).
The rate on deposits of non-financial corporations with agreed maturity rose by 0.03 percentage point to 2.96%. The interest rate on overnight deposits was flat at 1.13%. The interest rate on current account deposits increased marginally to 0.69%. Deposits with agreed maturity of up to one year (which as a rule account for 100% of all deposits with agreed maturity in the case of this sector) were remunerated at a higher rate (2.96%).
Chart 1 – Interest rates of commercial banks on CZK deposits held by Czech residents – new business
Source: ARAD data series system
Within interest rates on new loans to households, consumer credit recorded the most significant change in May. Interest rates on loans to non-financial corporations recorded the biggest change for loans of over CZK 30 million.
The overall interest rate on consumer credit, loans for house purchase and other loans rose to 5.29%. Consumer credit was remunerated at 7.80%, up by 0.79 percentage point month on month. The interest rate on loans for house purchase increased to 4.66%. The interest rate on building society loans went up to 5.73%. The interest rate on mortgage loans increased to 4.59%, down by 0.02 percentage point on a year earlier. The interest rate on other loans grew to 5.14%. The interest rate on overdrafts and revolving loans increased to 14.28%. Within this category, the interest rate on credit cards fell to 17.03%. By contrast, the interest rate on overdrafts rose to 15.44%.
Interest rates on new loans to non-financial corporations (excluding overdrafts, revolving loans and credit cards) decreased to 5.23%. The rate on loans of up to CZK 7.5 million rose to 6.27%. The rate on loans of over CZK 7.5 million and up to CZK 30 million increased to 5.40%, while the rate on new loans of over CZK 30 million decreased by 0.32 percentage point to 5.09%. The interest rate on overdrafts, revolving loans and credit card loans grew to 5.31%. The interest rate on overdrafts increased to 5.56%.
Chart 2 – Interest rates of commercial banks on CZK loans provided to Czech residents – new business
Source: ARAD data series system
Interest rates on outstanding amounts
The average interest rates on outstanding amounts of deposits of households changed by just a few basis points in May. Similar changes were recorded for non-financial corporations.
The average interest rates on outstanding amounts of loans to households changed by just a few basis points in May. Interest rates on outstanding amounts of loans to non-financial corporations saw similar changes.
The overall interest rate on loans to households edged up to 4.67%. The interest rate on loans for house purchase also rose, reaching 3.98% (with the rate on outstanding amounts of mortgage loans increasing to 3.86%). The rate on consumer credit dropped to 8.06%, while the rate on other loans went up to 4.90%.
The average interest rate on loans to non-financial corporations rose to 5.19%. The rate on loans with maturity of up to one year increased to 5.36%. The rate on loans with maturity of over one year and up to five years grew to 5.63%. The rate on loans with maturity of over five years rose to 4.94%.
Notes:
- Interest rate statistics are based on Regulation of the European Central Bank on interest rates applied by monetary financial institutions to deposits and loans vis-à-vis households and non-financial corporations (ECB/2013/34) (pdf, 1 MB).
- Interest rates are converted to an annual basis and quoted in percentages per annum. They are the average interest rates for the entire Czech banking sector in CZK in the given month.
- The concept of new business and outstanding amounts
- In the case of specific indicators – overnight deposits, deposits redeemable at notice, bank overdrafts, revolving loans and credit card loans – the concept of new business is extended to the whole outstanding amount.