The Macau Monetary Authority lowered the base rate by 25bps to 4.75% on December 19th, after its Hong Kong counterpart made the same move following the US Federal Reserve's decision to slash rates. It marked the third consecutive rate cut this year in the Chinese administrative territory, bringing borrowing costs to the lowest level since January 2023 amid an easing in economic growth. Macau's economy expanded by 4.7% yoy in Q2 of 2024, the seventh consecutive quarter of expansion but the softest growth in the sequence, due to a slowdown in export goods and services. source: Monentary Authority of Macao
The benchmark interest rate in Macau was last recorded at 4.75 percent. Interest Rate in Macau averaged 2.76 percent from 2000 until 2025, reaching an all time high of 8.00 percent in May of 2000 and a record low of 0.50 percent in December of 2008. This page provides the latest reported value for - Macao Interest Rate - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news. Macau Interest Rate - data, historical chart, forecasts and calendar of releases - was last updated on September of 2025.
The benchmark interest rate in Macau was last recorded at 4.75 percent. Interest Rate in Macau is expected to be 4.50 percent by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the Macau Interest Rate is projected to trend around 3.75 percent in 2026 and 3.50 percent in 2027, according to our econometric models.