Business Lending Rates

Name: Business Lending Rates
Creator: Reserve Bank of Australia
Published: 2026-06-07
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Monthly weighted average rates on outstanding and new business loans, broken down by business size (small, medium, large) and loan type (fixed/variable).

Source: Reserve Bank of Australia · Licensed CC-BY 4.0 · dataset id rba.F7

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Full description

Monthly weighted average rates on outstanding and new business loans, broken down by business size (small, medium, large) and loan type (fixed/variable). These are actual rates charged across all loan facilities of each type - as distinct from the advertised indicator rates in F5. Small business = <$2m; medium business = $2m-$500m; large business = >$500m. Source: Reserve Bank of Australia, Statistical Table F7.

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