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Prime rate or prime lending rate is a term applied in many countries to reference an interest rate used by banks. The term originally indicated the interest rate at which banks lent to favored customers—i.e., those with good credit—but this is no longer always the case. Some variable interest rates may be expressed as a percentage above or below prime rate.
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But every act of Congress, every Supreme Court decision, every Presidential National Security Directive, every change in the Prime Rate is an experiment.
You have written them commercial loans tied to the prime rate at no more than their say so.
The banker babbled on, fearful that the Fed would raise the prime rate again.