Prime Rate History Chart
Date 12/28/1978 6/21/1979 7/30/1979 8/17/1979 8/28/1979 9/10/1979 9/17/1979 9/21/1979 10/1/1979 10/9/1979 10/23/1979 11/2/1979 11/9/1979 11/16/1979 11/28/1979 12/7/1979 2/2/1980 2/22/1980 2/29/1980 3/3/1980 3/4/1980 3/7/1980 3/14/1980 3/19/1980 3/28/1980 4/2/1980 4/18/1980 4/29/1980 5/7/1980 5/16/1980 5/23/1980 5/30/1980 6/6/1980 6/13/1980 7/7/1980 7/24/1980 8/22/1980 8/27/1980 9/5/1980 9/12/1980 9/19/1980 9/26/1980 10/1/1980 10/17/1980 10/30/1980 11/6/1980 11/17/1980 11/21/1980 11/26/1980 12/2/1980 12/5/1980 12/10/1980 12/16/1980 12/19/1980 1/2/1981 Rate 11.75% 11.50% 11.75% 12.00% 12.25% 12.75% 13.00% 13.25% 13.50% 14.50% 15.00% 15.25% 15.50% 15.75% 15.50% 15.25% 15.75% 16.25% 16.50% 16.75% 17.25% 17.75% 18.50% 19.00% 19.50% 20.00% 19.50% 18.50% 17.50% 16.50% 14.50% 14.00% 13.00% 12.00% 11.50% 11.00% 11.25% 11.50% 12.00% 12.25% 12.50% 13.00% 13.50% 14.00% 14.50% 15.50% 16.25% 17.00% 17.75% 18.50% 19.00% 20.00% 21.00% 21.50% 20.50% Date 1/12/1981 2/3/1981 2/23/1981 3/3/1981 3/10/1981 3/18/1981 3/24/1981 4/20/1981 4/29/1981 5/4/1981 5/11/1981 5/18/1981 5/22/1981 6/2/1981 7/9/1981 9/15/1981 9/22/1981 10/6/1981 10/13/1981 11/2/1981 11/9/1981 11/17/1981 11/24/1981 12/1/1981 2/2/1982 2/17/1982 2/23/1982 7/20/1982 7/29/1982 8/2/1982 8/16/1982 8/18/1982 8/23/1982 10/8/1982 10/13/1982 11/23/1982 1/11/1983 2/25/1983 8/8/1983 3/19/1984 4/5/1984 5/8/1984 6/25/1984 9/28/1984 10/16/1984 10/29/1984 11/13/1984 11/26/1984 11/29/1984 12/20/1984 1/16/1985 5/21/1985 6/19/1985 3/10/1986 4/22/1986 Rate 20.00% 19.50% 19.00% 18.50% 18.00% 17.50% 17.00% 17.50% 18.00% 19.00% 19.50% 20.00% 20.50% 20.00% 20.50% 20.00% 19.50% 19.00% 18.00% 17.50% 17.00% 16.50% 16.00% 15.75% 16.50% 17.00% 16.50% 16.00% 15.50% 15.00% 14.50% 14.00% 13.50% 13.00% 12.00% 11.50% 11.00% 10.50% 11.00% 11.50% 12.00% 12.50% 13.00% 12.75% 12.50% 12.00% 11.75% 11.50% 11.25% 10.75% 10.50% 10.00% 9.50% 9.00% 8.50% Date 7/15/1986 8/27/1986 4/2/1987 5/4/1987 5/15/1987 9/4/1987 10/7/1987 10/23/1987 11/5/1987 2/3/1988 5/11/1988 7/14/1988 8/11/1988 11/28/1988 2/10/1989 2/24/1989 6/5/1989 7/31/1989 1/8/1990 1/3/1991 2/4/1991 5/1/1991 9/16/1991 11/6/1991 12/23/1991 7/6/1992 3/24/1994 4/19/1994 5/18/1994 8/16/1994 11/15/1994 2/1/1995 7/7/1995 12/20/1995 2/1/1996 3/26/1997 10/1/1998 10/19/1998 11/19/1998 7/1/1999 8/26/1999 11/18/1999 2/3/2000 3/22/2000 5/18/2000 1/5/2001 2/2/2001 3/22/2001 4/20/2001 5/17/2001 6/29/2001 8/23/2001 9/19/2001 10/4/2001 11/8/2001
Current Prime Rate
Rate 8.00% 7.50% 7.75% 8.00% 8.25% 8.75% 9.25% 9.00% 8.75% 8.50% 9.00% 9.50% 10.00% 10.50% 11.00% 11.50% 11.00% 10.50% 10.00% 9.50% 9.00% 8.50% 8.00% 7.50% 6.50% 6.00% 6.25% 6.75% 7.25% 7.75% 8.50% 9.00% 8.75% 8.50% 8.25% 8.50% 8.25% 8.00% 7.75% 8.00% 8.25% 8.50% 8.75% 9.00% 9.50% 9.00% 8.50% 8.00% 7.50% 7.00% 6.75% 6.50% 6.00% 5.50% 5.00% Date 12/13/2001 11/8/2002 6/30/2003 7/1/2004 8/11/2004 9/23/2004 11/12/2004 12/15/2004 2/3/2005 3/23/2005 5/4/2005 7/5/2005 8/11/2005 9/21/2005 11/2/2005 12/14/2005 2/1/2006 3/29/2006 5/11/2006 6/30/2006 9/19/2007 11/1/2007 12/12/2007 1/25/2008 1/31/2008 3/19/2008 5/1/2008 10/9/2008
4.50%
9-Oct-08
Rate 4.75% 4.25% 4.00% 4.25% 4.50% 4.75% 5.00% 5.25% 5.50% 5.75% 6.00% 6.25% 6.50% 6.75% 7.00% 7.25% 7.50% 7.75% 8.00% 8.25% 7.75% 7.50% 7.25% 6.50% 6.00% 5.25% 5.00% 4.50%