Current Base Rate May 2025
Since the beginning of the year yields on quasi-risk-free Bundesbank bonds are rising.
As of May 1, 2025, the perpetual base rate calculated in accordance with the IDW recommendation and rounded to ¼ percentage points is 2.75%!
The unrounded prime rate is 2.86%.
The base rate has been calculated based on yield curve data (Svensson method) as provided by Deutsche Bundesbank.
Upon your request we can calculate case-specific base rates for you, considering company-specific cash flows, growth rates and varying the period of averaging.