Federal Reserve Economic Data

Table Data - Bank Prime Loan Rate

Title Bank Prime Loan Rate
Series ID RIFSPBLPNA
Source Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (US)
Release H.15 Selected Interest Rates
Seasonal Adjustment Not Seasonally Adjusted
Frequency Annual
Units Percent
Date Range 1956-01-01 to 2024-01-01
Last Updated 2025-01-02 4:45 PM CST
Notes

Averages of daily figures.
Rate posted by a majority of top 25 (by assets in domestic offices) insured U.S.-chartered commercial banks. Prime is one of several base rates used by banks to price short-term business loans.

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DATE VALUE
1956-01-01 3.77
1957-01-01 4.20
1958-01-01 3.83
1959-01-01 4.48
1960-01-01 4.82
1961-01-01 4.50
1962-01-01 4.50
1963-01-01 4.50
1964-01-01 4.50
1965-01-01 4.54
1966-01-01 5.63
1967-01-01 5.63
1968-01-01 6.31
1969-01-01 7.96
1970-01-01 7.91
1971-01-01 5.73
1972-01-01 5.25
1973-01-01 8.03
1974-01-01 10.81
1975-01-01 7.86
1976-01-01 6.84
1977-01-01 6.83
1978-01-01 9.06
1979-01-01 12.67
1980-01-01 15.26
1981-01-01 18.87
1982-01-01 14.85
1983-01-01 10.79
1984-01-01 12.04
1985-01-01 9.93
1986-01-01 8.33
1987-01-01 8.21
1988-01-01 9.32
1989-01-01 10.87
1990-01-01 10.01
1991-01-01 8.46
1992-01-01 6.25
1993-01-01 6.00
1994-01-01 7.15
1995-01-01 8.83
1996-01-01 8.27
1997-01-01 8.44
1998-01-01 8.35
1999-01-01 8.00
2000-01-01 9.23
2001-01-01 6.91
2002-01-01 4.67
2003-01-01 4.12
2004-01-01 4.34
2005-01-01 6.19
2006-01-01 7.96
2007-01-01 8.05
2008-01-01 5.09
2009-01-01 3.25
2010-01-01 3.25
2011-01-01 3.25
2012-01-01 3.25
2013-01-01 3.25
2014-01-01 3.25
2015-01-01 3.26
2016-01-01 3.51
2017-01-01 4.10
2018-01-01 4.91
2019-01-01 5.28
2020-01-01 3.54
2021-01-01 3.25
2022-01-01 4.86
2023-01-01 8.20
2024-01-01 8.31

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