It found that at the end of 2013, the average interest rate on "easy access" savings accounts opened within the previous two years was around 0.8% while the equivalent rate for accounts opened more than five years before was less than 0.3%.
Assuming Lithuania wins similar treatment, the average interest rate at which the government borrows could fall by 0.8 percentage points, according to central-bank forecasts.The euro will also boost trade, says Mr Vasiliauskas.
It is calculated every day by the British Bankers Associationn (BBA), and is supposed to reflect the average interest rate at which 16 big international banks based in London can borrow from each other.
The average interest rate in the Emirates last year, at 36 percent, was more than twice the global average, and banks routinely add another 10 percent for disability and death insurance.
We're told the average interest rate on the platform hovers at around 12.5percentt.
"You can only set the average interest rate," he said.
Without the points, the average interest rates would be higher.
The average interest rate is 18 to 22 percent.
The average interest rate on a 30-year fixed rate home loan was 6.45percentt last week, up from 6percentt at the start of the year.
Nonseasonally adjusted figures showed the average interest rate on a car loan from a finance company up slightly but still at a low 3.56percentt, while the length of the average loan extended further, to 63 months.
