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					Source : http://www2.boj.or.jp/en/dlong/stat/data | www.boj.or.jp/en | Bank of Japan and EconStats | http://www.boj.or.jp/en/type/stat/dlong/fin_stat/rate/data/primeold.htm | Column (1) : Short term most frequent 13 Column (2) : Newly Issued Government Bonds Yield (10 years) (b) 14 Column (3) : Government Bond Futures Listed Yield on TSE (10 years) (c) 15 Column (4) : Long-term Prime Lending Rates 16 EconStats does not guarantee the accuracy of this data. 20110623 http://www.boj.or.jp/en/type/stat/dlong/fin_stat/rate/data/primeold.htm

   Japan     Prime Lending Rate - Avg over Year 

                |          (1)    |          (2)    |          (3)    |          (4)    |
                |   ST Rates Most |    Newly Issued | Government Bond | Long-term Prime |
                |        Frequent |Government Bonds |  Futures Listed |   Lending Rates |
                |                 |Yield (10 years) |Yield on TSE (10 |                 |
                |                 |             (b) |      years) (c) |                 |
                |           Japan |           Japan |           Japan |           Japan |

year    Avg over|______1970_-2011_|______1998_-2010_|______1985_-2010_|______1970_-2011_|
2011                       1.4750                na                na            1.4000 
2010                       1.4750            1.1772            1.3611            1.5045 
2009                       1.4816            1.3421            1.5520            2.0229 
2008                       1.8504            1.4542            1.6195            2.2816 
2007                       1.8216            1.6521            1.8786            2.3737 
2006                       1.4640            1.7358            1.9297            2.2996 
2005                       1.3750            1.3613            1.4999            1.6077 
2004                       1.3750            1.5008            1.6185            1.7078 
2003                       1.3750            1.0133            1.3748            1.5651 
2002                       1.3750            1.2517            1.4633            1.9263 
2001                       1.4045            1.3296            1.4806            1.7832 
2000                       1.5036            1.7475            2.0250            2.1706 
1999                       1.5700            1.7708            2.1595            2.2753 
1998                       1.6122            1.9700            2.0264            2.4419 
1997                       1.7902                na            2.5935            2.5838 
1996                       2.1633                na            3.2483            3.0746 
1995                       2.4647                na            3.6296            3.4660 
1994                       3.1925                na            4.5561            4.4655 
1993                       3.4481                na            4.3912            4.9397 
1992                       4.2174                na            5.3353            5.9984 
1991                       5.2881                na            6.3816            7.5770 
1990                       5.5439                na            7.1962            7.8540 
1989                       4.1615                na            5.2863            5.8679 
1988                       4.0205                na            5.1439            5.6142 
1987                       5.0117                na            4.9633            5.4205 
1986                       5.1509                na            5.4560            6.5469 
1985                       5.5000                na            6.3867            7.3529 
1984                       5.5000                na                na            7.9189 
1983                       5.9301                na                na            8.3792 
1982                       6.0000                na                na            8.6115 
1981                       6.8938                na                na            8.6597 
1980                       8.3005                na                na            9.1626 
1979                       4.8596                na                na            7.7123 
1978                       3.9103                na                na            7.2164 
1977                       5.4192                na                na            8.3406 
1976                       6.7500                na                na            9.2000 
1975                       8.2514                na                na            9.7381 
1974                       9.2336                na                na            9.5194 
1973                       5.9295                na                na            8.1028 
1972                       4.7486                na                na            7.9243 
1971                       5.7486                na                na            8.3997 
1970                       6.2500                na                na            8.4515 
1969                           na                na                na                na