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 stood at 7.00 percent on 17 September 2026, versus 6.75 on the previous day.
Sample. This weekly time series has 18,128 observations overall. The time period covered by the series is from August 1955 to September 2026.
History. Here’s a quick look at some simple statistics we computed on the entire sample: the interest rate reached a maximum of 21.50 percent on 19 December 1980; it reached a trough of 3.25 on 4 August 1955; it had a mean of 6.84.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Percentage points |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-15 | 6.75000 |
| 2026-09-16 | 6.75000 |
| 2026-09-17 | 7.00000 |
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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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| 60-Day AA Nonfinancial Commercial Paper Interest Rate (percentage points) - United States - FED Board - Daily | 6209 | 1997-01-02 | 2026-09-17 |
| 90-Day AA Nonfinancial Commercial Paper Interest Rate (percentage points) - United States - FED Board - Daily | 5304 | 1997-01-02 | 2026-09-17 |
| 30-Day AA Financial Commercial Paper Interest Rate (percentage points) - United States - FED Board - Daily | 6072 | 1997-01-02 | 2026-09-04 |
| 60-Day AA Financial Commercial Paper Interest Rate (percentage points) - United States - FED Board - Daily | 5780 | 1997-01-02 | 2026-09-09 |
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Prime bank rate
| 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 | 18128 | 1955-08-04 | 2026-09-17 |
Treasury bills
| Series Name | Observations | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4-week Treasury bill secondary market rate (percentage points) - United States - FED Board - Daily | 6285 | 2001-07-31 | 2026-09-17 |
| 3-month Treasury bill secondary market rate (percentage points) - United States - FED Board - Daily | 18169 | 1954-01-04 | 2026-09-17 |
| 6-month Treasury bill secondary market rate (percentage points) - United States - FED Board - Daily | 16929 | 1958-12-09 | 2026-09-17 |
| 1-year Treasury bill secondary market rate (percentage points) - United States - FED Board - Daily | 15093 | 1959-07-15 | 2026-09-17 |