The Euribor rate fell this Monday to three, six and 12 months compared to Friday.
The 12-month Euribor, which is currently the most widely used variable rate home loan in Portugal, fell this Monday to 3.858%, minus 0.095 points, from its highest since November 2008 3.978%, tested on March 9th.
According to the Bank of Portugal, the 12-month Euribor already accounts for 43% of the “stock” of floating rate permanent home loans, while the six-month Euribor stands at 32%.
After rising to 0.005% on April 12, 2022, positive for the first time since February 5, 2016, 12-month Euribor has been in positive territory since April 21, 2022.
The 12-month average Euribor increased from 3.338% in January to 3.534% in February, plus 0.196 points.
Within six months, the Euribor rate, which entered positive territory on June 6, also fell this Monday to 3.375%, below 0.070 points, from a new high since November 2008 of 3.461%, also confirmed on March 9.
The six-month Euribor has been negative for six years and seven months (from November 6, 2015 to June 3, 2022).
The six-month average Euribor rose from 2.864% in January to 3.135% in February, plus 0.271 points.
The three-month Euribor, which entered positive territory for the first time since April 2015 on July 14, fell this Monday when it was fixed at 2.957%, minus 0.021 points, against the 2.978% high since November 2008, confirmed on March 10.
The three-month Euribor was negative between 21 April 2015 and 13 July last year (seven years and two months).
The three-month average Euribor rose from 2.354% in January to 2.640% in February, that is, by 0.286 points.
Euribor began to rise more significantly from February 4, 2022, after the European Central Bank (ECB) admitted that it could raise key interest rates this year due to rising inflation in the eurozone, and the trend accelerated with the start of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on February 24 2022
At its most recent monetary policy meeting on February 2, the ECB once again raised key interest rates by 50 basis points, the same increase as on December 15, when it began to slow the rate of increase from the previous two. which amounted to 75 basis points on October 27 and September 8, respectively.
On July 21, the ECB raised three key interest rates by 50 basis points for the first time in 11 years.
Three-, six- and 12-month Euribor rates hit record lows respectively: -0.605% on December 14, 2021, -0.554% and -0.518% on December 20, 2021.
Euribor is set on the basis of the average rate at which a group of 57 Eurozone banks are willing to lend money to each other in the interbank market.