Hong Kong dollar interest rates – Rates as at effective dates

API Detailed Documentation

API URL:

https://api.hkma.gov.hk/public/market-data-and-statistics/monthly-statistical-bulletin/er-ir/hkd-ir-effdates

Output Fields (JSON)

Swagger Format

Name	Type	Unit Of Measure	Description
effect_date	Date		Effective from Date in ISO format yyyy-mm-dd, For example, 1997-01-01
dr_1w	Number	percent per annum	Time deposit rates 1-week¹
dr_1m	Number	percent per annum	Time deposit rates 1-month¹
dr_3m	Number	percent per annum	Time deposit rates 3-month¹
dr_6m	Number	percent per annum	Time deposit rates 6-month¹
dr_12m	Number	percent per annum	Time deposit rates 12-month¹
savings_deposit_rate	Number	percent per annum	Savings deposit rate¹
best_lending_rate	Number	percent per annum	Best lending rate²

Footnotes:

1. Savings and time deposit rates refer to the maximum interest rates offered by licensed banks under the Hong Kong Association of Banks' Interest Rates Rules. Deregulation of the Interest Rate Rules has taken place in phases since October 1994 and was totally completed on 3 July 2001.

2. Best lending rate refers to the rate quoted by the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited.

API Examples

Javascript Example

$.ajax({
url: 'https://api.hkma.gov.hk/public/market-data-and-statistics/monthly-statistical-bulletin/er-ir/hkd-ir-effdates?offset=0',
dataType:'json',
success:function(data){
alert('results found:'+ data.result.datasize)
}
});

Python Example

import urllib.request
url = 'https://api.hkma.gov.hk/public/market-data-and-statistics/monthly-statistical-bulletin/er-ir/hkd-ir-effdates?offset=0'
with urllib.request.urlopen (url) as req:
print (req.read())

How to use the APIs

To learn more, please visit API documentation.