Reserve Bank of New Zealand

NZ 6-month term deposit rate

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3.45%

−0.01 pp last change (31 May 2026)

As of 31 Jul 2026 | Monthly

Mean
6.31%
Median
5.44%
Min
0.82% 31 Jan 2021
Max
18.00% 31 Jul 1987
DateRate
31 Jul 20263.45
30 Jun 20263.45
31 May 20263.46
30 Apr 20263.46
31 Mar 20263.46
28 Feb 20263.46
31 Jan 20263.46
31 Dec 20253.46
30 Nov 20253.46
31 Oct 20253.48
30 Sep 20253.78
31 Aug 20253.80
31 Jul 20253.91
30 Jun 20253.91
31 May 20254.01
30 Apr 20254.03
31 Mar 20254.26
28 Feb 20254.39
31 Jan 20254.85
31 Dec 20245.05
30 Nov 20245.16
31 Oct 20245.27
30 Sep 20245.67
31 Aug 20245.74

About the six-month term deposit

Weighted-average six-month term-deposit rate from the RBNZ retail survey (B3, INR.MBI05.T07). Latest month: 3.45% for 31 Jul 2026.

From 31 Mar 1965 to 31 Jul 2026 (561 months): mean 6.31%, median 5.44%; low 0.82% (31 Jan 2021), high 18.00% (31 Jul 1987). Published average, not an offer from any one bank.

Source: RBNZ Retail interest rates (B3), series INR.MBI05.T07. Licence: RBNZ statistics terms: republication permitted with attribution to the Reserve Bank of New Zealand (terms). Files: data/raw/hb3.xlsx.

Reading this series

New Zealand's six-month term deposit rate is a retail savings benchmark from the Reserve Bank's B3 retail interest-rate survey, series INR.MBI05.T07. It is a weighted average of the advertised six-month term-deposit rates offered by surveyed institutions, compiled monthly, so the headline figure is the latest survey month and not a rate any single bank promises. The survey is a comparable reference across the market; offers you see may differ by institution, balance and term.

The chart shows the monthly survey history and the table lists the same values in reverse date order. The "versus the previous reading" line compares the latest month with the one before it, and the mean, median, low and high summarise the run in this build. Range buttons only shorten the window, and Chart and Table present one series in two forms. Because it is a published average, the rate can lag changes in wholesale funding costs and the official cash rate, and it can move when institutions reprice rather than when policy changes.

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