... interbank interest rates are one of the main drivers of the rates charged by banks on loans. The interest rates set by Central Bank affect the interbank rates, which are the basis of the process ... amounts. On 8 October 2008, the ECB, the Federal Reserve, the Bank of England, the Bank of Canada, the Bank of Sweden and the Swiss National Bank, with the support of the Bank of Japan, have carried ... in the dynamics of interest rates. The evident structural break in the last months of 2008 and in the firsts of 2009 as well as the marked variability of interest rates at the end of 2007 are...