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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 Quarter 

                |          (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.qt Avg over|__1970q2_-2011q2_|__1998q4_-2010q3_|__1985q4_-2010q3_|__1970q1_-2011q2_|
2011.2  qtr                1.4750                na                na            1.4000 
2011.1  qtr                1.4750                na                na            1.4000 
2010.4  qtr                1.4750                na                na            1.3679 
2010.3  qtr                1.4750            0.9867            1.2083            1.4332 
2010.2  qtr                1.4750            1.2083            1.3810            1.5830 
2010.1  qtr                1.4750            1.3367            1.4940            1.6378 
2009.4  qtr                1.4750            1.3167            1.4990            1.7457 
2009.3  qtr                1.4750            1.3383            1.5220            1.9130 
2009.2  qtr                1.4750            1.4200            1.6643            2.1764 
2009.1  qtr                1.5017            1.2933            1.5227            2.2633 
2008.4  qtr                1.7772            1.3467            1.4973            2.3728 
2008.3  qtr                1.8750            1.4717            1.6413            2.3283 
2008.2  qtr                1.8750            1.6417            1.8210            2.2863 
2008.1  qtr                1.8750            1.3567            1.5183            2.1374 
2007.4  qtr                1.8750            1.5200            1.7120            2.3092 
2007.3  qtr                1.8750            1.6883            1.8980            2.4848 
2007.2  qtr                1.8750            1.7417            2.0140            2.3868 
2007.1  qtr                1.6583            1.6583            1.8903            2.3128 
2006.4  qtr                1.6250            1.6800            1.8917            2.3294 
2006.3  qtr                1.4783            1.7350            1.9477            2.4935 
2006.2  qtr                1.3750            1.8900            2.0630            2.4280 
2006.1  qtr                1.3750            1.6383            1.8163            1.9411 
2005.4  qtr                1.3750            1.4867            1.6263            1.8141 
2005.3  qtr                1.3750            1.3717            1.5053            1.5228 
2005.2  qtr                1.3750            1.2167            1.3630            1.5176 
2005.1  qtr                1.3750            1.3700            1.5050            1.5744 
2004.4  qtr                1.3750            1.4567            1.5617            1.6641 
2004.3  qtr                1.3750            1.6083            1.6947            1.7690 
2004.2  qtr                1.3750            1.6133            1.6960            1.7418 
2004.1  qtr                1.3750            1.3250            1.5217            1.6560 
2003.4  qtr                1.3750            1.3783            1.6133            1.7288 
2003.3  qtr                1.3750            1.2583            1.5343            1.5870 
2003.2  qtr                1.3750            0.6533            1.1643            1.3577 
2003.1  qtr                1.3750            0.7633            1.1873            1.5850 
2002.4  qtr                1.3750            0.9600            1.2620            1.6217 
2002.3  qtr                1.3750            1.2217            1.4000            1.8755 
2002.2  qtr                1.3750            1.3567            1.5183            2.0868 
2002.1  qtr                1.3750            1.4683            1.6730            2.1272 
2001.4  qtr                1.3750            1.3400            1.4673            1.7120 
2001.3  qtr                1.3750            1.3750            1.4537            1.6114 
2001.2  qtr                1.3750            1.2467            1.4167            1.7599 
2001.1  qtr                1.4944            1.3567            1.5847            2.0550 
2000.4  qtr                1.5000            1.6900            1.8890            2.1500 
2000.3  qtr                1.4903            1.8033            2.0537            2.1500 
2000.2  qtr                1.5062            1.7250            2.0307            2.1830 
2000.1  qtr                1.5180            1.7717            2.1267            2.2000 
1999.4  qtr                1.5630            1.7617            2.1617            2.2652 
1999.3  qtr                1.4730            1.8017            2.2483            2.1348 
1999.2  qtr                1.5589            1.5733            1.9953            2.2593 
1999.1  qtr                1.6874            1.9467            2.2327            2.4456 
1998.4  qtr                1.3644            1.9700            1.9123            2.3957 
1998.3  qtr                1.6800                na            1.7707            2.4348 
1998.2  qtr                1.7462                na            2.0710            2.5308 
1998.1  qtr                1.6606                na            2.3517            2.4067 
1997.4  qtr                1.7063                na            2.2917            2.4304 
1997.3  qtr                1.9065                na            2.5430            2.7630 
1997.2  qtr                1.8645                na            2.8633            2.7022 
1997.1  qtr                1.6821                na            2.6760            2.4378 
1996.4  qtr                2.1628                na            2.7927            2.8935 
1996.3  qtr                2.2747                na            3.2607            3.2967 
1996.2  qtr                2.2997                na            3.4757            3.3330 
1996.1  qtr                1.9146                na            3.4640            2.7747 
1995.4  qtr                2.3107                na            3.2297            2.9283 
1995.3  qtr                1.9553                na            3.4103            2.8337 
1995.2  qtr                2.6781                na            3.4343            3.8813 
1995.1  qtr                2.9271                na            4.4440            4.2422 
1994.4  qtr                3.8225                na            4.7957            4.9000 
1994.3  qtr                3.1073                na            4.8310            4.5033 
1994.2  qtr                3.0360                na            4.3583            4.4000 
1994.1  qtr                2.7937                na            4.2393            4.0489 
1993.4  qtr                3.2272                na            3.8097            4.4489 
1993.3  qtr                3.6315                na            4.3207            5.2630 
1993.2  qtr                3.4303                na            4.8377            4.9714 
1993.1  qtr                3.5044                na            4.5967            5.0789 
1992.4  qtr                4.1974                na            4.8550            5.6304 
1992.3  qtr                4.2510                na            5.1827            6.1609 
1992.2  qtr                4.1423                na            5.7113            6.0033 
1992.1  qtr                4.2788                na            5.5920            6.2011 
1991.4  qtr                5.2690                na            5.8447            7.2913 
1991.3  qtr                5.3580                na            6.3353            7.7652 
1991.2  qtr                5.2690                na            6.7527            7.6363 
1991.1  qtr                5.2555                na            6.5937            7.6167 
1990.4  qtr                6.3098                na            7.1443            8.4283 
1990.3  qtr                5.3182                na            7.8243            7.7076 
1990.2  qtr                5.2925                na            6.9490            7.6703 
1990.1  qtr                5.2455                na            6.8673            7.6022 
1989.4  qtr                4.6370                na            5.4157            6.0728 
1989.3  qtr                4.0725                na            5.1233            5.9022 
1989.2  qtr                3.9330                na            5.4510            5.7000 
1989.1  qtr                3.9974                na            5.1550            5.7933 
1988.4  qtr                4.1864                na            4.9090            5.7000 
1988.3  qtr                3.8415                na            5.7027            5.6326 
1988.2  qtr                3.7950                na            5.2017            5.5000 
1988.1  qtr                4.2593                na            4.7623            5.6231 
1987.4  qtr                5.7829                na            5.1113            5.7000 
1987.3  qtr                5.2748                na            5.6273            5.0989 
1987.2  qtr                4.0851                na            4.1160            5.0879 
1987.1  qtr                4.8915                na            4.9987            5.8000 
1986.4  qtr                5.5153                na            5.3977            6.3261 
1986.3  qtr                5.0625                na            5.3823            6.4000 
1986.2  qtr                4.6350                na            5.5000            6.4000 
1986.1  qtr                5.3904                na            5.5440            7.0711 
1985.4  qtr                5.5000                na            6.3867            7.1500 
1985.3  qtr                5.5000                na                na            7.1913 
1985.2  qtr                5.5000                na                na            7.6154 
1985.1  qtr                5.5000                na                na            7.4600 
1984.4  qtr                5.5000                na                na            7.6913 
1984.3  qtr                5.5000                na                na            7.9000 
1984.2  qtr                5.5000                na                na            7.9000 
1984.1  qtr                5.5000                na                na            8.1868 
1983.4  qtr                5.7228                na                na            8.2587 
1983.3  qtr                6.0000                na                na            8.4000 
1983.2  qtr                6.0000                na                na            8.4000 
1983.1  qtr                6.0000                na                na            8.4600 
1982.4  qtr                6.0000                na                na            8.8870 
1982.3  qtr                6.0000                na                na            8.5630 
1982.2  qtr                6.0000                na                na            8.4000 
1982.1  qtr                6.0000                na                na            8.5933 
1981.4  qtr                6.6603                na                na            8.7522 
1981.3  qtr                6.7500                na                na            8.5000 
1981.2  qtr                6.7500                na                na            8.5890 
1981.1  qtr                7.4250                na                na            8.8000 
1980.4  qtr                7.9348                na                na            9.2413 
1980.3  qtr                8.9321                na                na            9.5000 
1980.2  qtr                9.2500                na                na            9.5000 
1980.1  qtr                7.0824                na                na            8.4044 
1979.4  qtr                6.0978                na                na            8.2000 
1979.3  qtr                5.2174                na                na            8.0315 
1979.2  qtr                4.3434                na                na            7.5022 
1979.1  qtr                3.7500                na                na            7.1000 
1978.4  qtr                3.7500                na                na            7.1000 
1978.3  qtr                3.7500                na                na            7.1000 
1978.2  qtr                3.7500                na                na            7.1000 
1978.1  qtr                4.4000                na                na            7.5722 
1977.4  qtr                4.5000                na                na            7.6000 
1977.3  qtr                5.0625                na                na            7.9554 
1977.2  qtr                5.4808                na                na            8.6286 
1977.1  qtr                6.6611                na                na            9.2000 
1976.4  qtr                6.7500                na                na            9.2000 
1976.3  qtr                6.7500                na                na            9.2000 
1976.2  qtr                6.7500                na                na            9.2000 
1976.1  qtr                6.7500                na                na            9.2000 
1975.4  qtr                7.0435                na                na            9.3902 
1975.3  qtr                8.0000                na                na            9.7674 
1975.2  qtr                8.7390                na                na            9.9000 
1975.1  qtr                9.2500                na                na            9.9000 
1974.4  qtr                9.2500                na                na            9.9000 
1974.3  qtr                9.2500                na                na            9.4000 
1974.2  qtr                9.2500                na                na            9.4000 
1974.1  qtr                9.1833                na                na            9.3733 
1973.4  qtr                7.2500                na                na            8.6000 
1973.3  qtr                6.5543                na                na            8.1989 
1973.2  qtr                5.3764                na                na            7.9011 
1973.1  qtr                4.5000                na                na            7.7000 
1972.4  qtr                4.5000                na                na            7.7000 
1972.3  qtr                4.5000                na                na            7.8011 
1972.2  qtr                4.9835                na                na            8.0000 
1972.1  qtr                5.0165                na                na            8.2000 
1971.4  qtr                5.5000                na                na            8.2000 
1971.3  qtr                5.5815                na                na            8.4022 
1971.2  qtr                5.8599                na                na            8.5000 
1971.1  qtr                6.0611                na                na            8.5000 
1970.4  qtr                6.2500                na                na            8.5000 
1970.3  qtr                6.2500                na                na            8.5000 
1970.2  qtr                6.2500                na                na            8.5000 
1970.1  qtr                    na                na                na            8.3033 
1969.4  qtr                    na                na                na                na