Euribor rates rose again this Wednesday to three, six and 12 months, to new highs since January 2009 for the two shorter maturities and since December 2008 for the longer term.
The six-month Euribor rate, the most commonly used in Portugal for home loans and which reached positive territory on June 6, rose for the eighth consecutive session to 2.752% this Wednesday, up 0.049 points and a new maximum since January 2009.
The six-month Euribor average increased from 1.997% in October to 2.321% in November and the current monthly average at 2.545%.
The six-month Euribor was negative for six years and seven months (between November 6, 2015 and June 3, 2022).
Within 12 months, the Euribor also rose this Wednesday, for the eighth consecutive session, and was set at 3.325%, 0.060 point higher than on Tuesday and a new high since December 2008.
After rising to 0.005% on April 12, for the first time positive since February 5, 2016, the 12-month Euribor has been in positive territory since April 21.
The 12-month Euribor average increased from 2.629% in October to 2.828% in November. In the current month, it is 2.990%.
The three-month Euribor, which entered positive territory on July 14 for the first time since April 2015, rose by 0.074 points, set at 2.202%, reaching a new high since January 2009.
The three-month Euribor interest rate was negative between 21 April 2015 and 13 July 2015 (seven years and two months).
The three-month Euribor average rose from 1.428% in October to 1.825% in November. For the month of December, the average is 2.054%.
The Euribor started to rise more sharply since February 4, after the European Central Bank (ECB) admitted that it may raise key interest rates this year due to the rise in inflation in the Eurozone and the trend was reinforced with the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 24.
At the last monetary policy meeting, on 15 December, the ECB raised key interest rates by 50 basis points, slowing the rate of increase from the two previously recorded rates, which were 75 basis points on 27 October and 27 October respectively. September 8.
On 21 July, the ECB raised the three main interest rates by 50 basis points for the first time in 11 years.
The three-, six- and 12-month Euribor rates reached an all-time low, respectively -0.605% on December 14, 2021, -0.554% and -0.518% on December 20, 2021.
The Euribor rates are set at the average rate at which a group of 57 banks in the eurozone are willing to lend each other money on the interbank market.
Source: DN
