2.2% (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 61 0.4% (2009 est.)
Central bank discount rate:
1.75% (31 December 2009) country comparison to the world: 115 3% (31 December 2008)
note: this is the European Central Bank's rate on the marginal lending facility, which offers overnight credit to banks in the euro area
Commercial bank prime lending rate:
7.49% (31 December 2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 124 7.19% (31 December 2008 est.)
Stock of narrow money:
$4.341 billion (31 December 2010 est) country comparison to the world: 98 $4.602 billion (31 December 2009 est)
note: this figure represents the US dollar value of Cypriot pounds in circulation prior to Cyprus joining the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU); see entry for the European Union for money supply in the euro area; the European Central Bank (ECB) controls monetary policy for the 16 members of the EMU; individual members of the EMU do not control the quantity of money circulating within their own borders
Stock of broad money: