Interest rates on deposits - 2024-08

Published on 2 October 2024


  • In August 2024, the average interest rate on outstanding bank deposits increases compared to August 2023, up by 12 basis points for households and up by 51 basis points for NFCs.
  • Compared to July, the average interest rate on households' deposits decreases from 1.90 % to 1.86%, the one on NFCs' deposits slightly increases from 1.96% to 1.98%. Indeed, the interest rate of each of the supports decreases or is stable, with the notable exception of that of deposits with agreed maturity over 2 years.
Interest rates on outstanding amounts of deposits in percentage and seasonally adjusted (a)

Outstanding amount (EUR bl) Remuneration rate
Aug- 2024 (p) Aug- 2023 Jun- 2024 Jul- 2024 (r) Aug- 2024 (p)
Bank deposits (b) 3,129 1.62 1.88 1.89 1.87
of which Households 1,889 1.74 1.90 1.90 1.86
- overnight deposits 557 0.06 0.07 0.07 0.07
- deposits with agreed maturity up to 2 years (c) 89 3.18 3.60 3.54 3.52
- deposits with agreed maturity over 2 years (c) 96 1.53 2.28 2.31 2.36
- regulated savings deposits (d) 696 3.22 3.17 3.17 3.06
which : passbooks A 393 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00
- ordinary savings passbooks 223 0.73 0.94 0.93 0.94
- home savings plans 228 2.60 2.62 2.62 2.62
of which NFC 857 1.47 1.96 1.96 1.98
- overnight deposits 523 0.55 0.75 0.75 0.76
- deposits with agreed maturity up to 2 years (c) 264 3.27 3.92 3.95 3.93
- deposits with agreed maturity over 2 years (c) 70 2.88 3.64 3.64 3.67
For information :
Minimum bid rate in the Eurosystem tenders 4.25 4.25 4.25 4.25
3-month Euribor (e) 3.78 3.72 3.69 3.55
Performance of the Constant Maturity Rate of 2 years (d), (f) 3.17 3.11 2.97 2.62
Performance of the Constant Maturity Rate of 5 years (d), (f) 2.92 2.96 2.89 2.63
Note: Due to rounding, the sum may differ slightly from the total of the components

a. Interest rates presented here are effective rates calculated by dividing the accrued interest flows for the months under review by the monthly averages of the corresponding outstanding amounts. For the different types of deposits, including step-up deposits, they correspond to the average conditions practiced during the month under review by the French credit institutions on deposits of non-financial corporations and households (including non-profit institutions serving households) residents.
b. In addition to the households' and NFC's deposits, the global deposits remuneration rate includes other money-holding sectors (other general government, insurance corporations, non-monetary market funds, investment funds and securitization vehicle)
c. Including taxed saving books, other special saving accounts, people saving plans (PEP) and subordinated loans
d. Regulated rates passbooks include passbooks A, blue passbooks, sustainable development passbooks, home savings plans, youth passbooks and people's savings passbooks.
e. Monthly averages.
f. 2 and 5 years Constant Maturity Rate. Source: French Bond Association.
r. Revised data.
p. Provisional data.
Remuneration on deposits with monetary financial institutions
Households and NFC's deposits (in %)
Households and NFC's deposits with agreed maturity by duration (in %)
"Livret A" and Ordinary savings passbooks



(in %)
Home savings plans PEL
(in %)
Source: BANQUE DE FRANCE - DIRECTION GÉNÉRALE DES STATISTIQUES, DES ÉTUDES ET DE L'INTERNATIONAL
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Updated on 1 October 2024