Prime rate charged by banks on short-term loans to business (percentage points) - United States - FED Board - Weekly
This series is part of the dataset: US money market rates (FED Board)
Download Full Dataset (.xlsx)Latest updates. In US money markets, the prime rate charged by banks on short-term loans to businesses was 7.25 percent on 23 September 2025, the same value recorded on 22 September.
Sample. There are 17,874 data points overall in the weekly time series displayed in the graph above. The series covers the span of time extending from August 1955 to September 2025.
History. Check out a few summary statistics we computed on the full sample: the interest rate recorded its maximum of 21.50 percent on 19 December 1980; it reached a trough of 3.25 on 4 August 1955; it had a mean value of 6.84.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Percentage points |
|---|---|
| 2025-09-19 | 7.25 |
| 2025-09-22 | 7.25 |
| 2025-09-23 | 7.25 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Prime rate charged by banks on short-term loans to business |
| Country | United States |
| Economic concept | Interest rate |
| Data type | Interest rate |
| Deflation method | Nominal |
| Seasonally adjusted | No |
| Rescaling | None |
| Frequency | Weekly |
| Unit | Percentage points |
| Source | Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System |
| Source type | Central bank |
| Data licence | Licence to copy and distribute without permission |
| Measure type | Level |
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| 30-Day AA Financial Commercial Paper Interest Rate (percentage points) - United States - FED Board - Daily | 5998 | 1997-01-02 | 2025-09-19 |
| 60-Day AA Financial Commercial Paper Interest Rate (percentage points) - United States - FED Board - Daily | 5731 | 1997-01-02 | 2025-09-23 |
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| Series Name | Observations | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prime rate charged by banks on short-term loans to business (percentage points) - United States - FED Board - Weekly | 17874 | 1955-08-04 | 2025-09-23 |
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|---|---|---|---|
| 4-week Treasury bill secondary market rate (percentage points) - United States - FED Board - Daily | 6039 | 2001-07-31 | 2025-09-23 |
| 3-month Treasury bill secondary market rate (percentage points) - United States - FED Board - Daily | 17923 | 1954-01-04 | 2025-09-23 |
| 6-month Treasury bill secondary market rate (percentage points) - United States - FED Board - Daily | 16683 | 1958-12-09 | 2025-09-23 |
| 1-year Treasury bill secondary market rate (percentage points) - United States - FED Board - Daily | 14847 | 1959-07-15 | 2025-09-23 |