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A Primer on Interest Rates

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History of Prime Rate Changes
March 25, 1970 to Present
Source: Federal Reserve Statistical Release
     
DATE   RATE
3/25/70   8.00
9/21/70   7.50
11/12/70   7.25
11/23/70   7.00
12/22/70   6.75
1/6/71   6.50
1/15/71   6.25
1/18/71   6.00
2/16/71   5.75
3/11/71   5.38
3/19/71   5.25
4/23/71   5.38
5/11/71   5.50
7/6/71   5.75
7/7/71   6.00
10/20/71   5.75
11/4/71   5.50
12/31/71   5.25
1/24/72   5.00
1/31/72   4.75
4/5/72   5.00
6/26/72   5.25
8/29/72   5.50
10/4/72   5.75
12/27/72   6.00
2/27/73   6.25
3/26/73   6.50
4/18/73   6.75
5/7/73   7.00
5/25/73   7.25
6/8/73   7.50
6/25/73   7.75
7/3/73   8.00
7/9/73   8.25
7/18/73   8.50
7/30/73   8.75
8/6/73   9.00
8/13/73   9.25
8/22/73   9.50
8/28/73   9.75
9/18/73   10.00
10/24/73   9.75
1/29/74   9.50
2/11/74   9.25
2/19/74   9.00
2/25/74   8.75
3/22/74   9.00
3/29/74   9.25
4/3/74   9.50
4/5/74   9.75
4/11/74   10.00
4/19/74   10.25
4/25/74   10.50
5/2/74   10.75
5/6/74   11.00
5/10/74   11.25
5/17/74   11.50
6/26/74   11.75
7/5/74   12.00
10/7/74   11.75
10/21/74   11.50
10/28/74   11.25
11/4/74   11.00
11/14/74   10.75
11/25/74   10.50
1/9/75   10.25
1/15/75   10.00
1/20/75   9.75
1/28/75   9.50
2/3/75   9.25
2/10/75   9.00
2/18/75   8.75
2/24/75   8.50
3/5/75   8.25
3/10/75   8.00
3/18/75   7.75
3/24/75   7.50
5/20/75   7.25
6/9/75   7.00
7/18/75   7.25
7/28/75   7.50
8/12/75   7.75
9/15/75   8.00
10/27/75   7.75
11/5/75   7.50
12/2/75   7.25
1/12/76   7.00
1/21/76   6.75
6/1/76   7.00
6/7/76   7.25
8/2/76   7.00
10/4/76   6.75
11/1/76   6.50
12/13/76   6.25
5/13/77   6.50
5/31/77   6.75
8/22/77   7.00
9/16/77   7.25
10/7/77   7.50
10/24/77   7.75
1/10/78   8.00
5/5/78   8.25
5/26/78   8.50
6/16/78   8.75
6/30/78   9.00
8/31/78   9.25
9/15/78   9.50
9/28/78   9.75
10/13/78   10.00
10/27/78   10.25
11/1/78   10.50
11/6/78   10.75
11/17/78   11.00
11/24/78   11.50
12/26/78   11.75
6/19/79   11.50
7/27/79   11.75
8/16/79   12.00
8/28/79   12.25
9/7/79   12.75
9/14/79   13.00
9/21/79   13.25
9/28/79   13.50
10/9/79   14.50
10/23/79   15.00
11/1/79   15.25
11/9/79   15.50
11/16/79   15.75
11/30/79   15.50
12/7/79   15.25
2/19/80   15.75
2/22/80   16.38
2/29/80   16.75
3/4/80   17.25
3/7/80   17.75
3/14/80   18.50
3/19/80   19.00
3/28/80   19.50
4/2/80   20.00
4/18/80   19.50
5/1/80   18.75
5/2/80   18.50
5/7/80   17.50
5/16/80   16.50
5/23/80   14.50
5/30/80   14.00
6/6/80   13.00
6/13/80   12.25
6/20/80   12.00
7/7/80   11.50
7/25/80   11.00
8/22/80   11.25
8/27/80   11.50
9/8/80   12.00
9/12/80   12.25
9/19/80   12.50
9/26/80   13.00
10/1/80   13.50
10/17/80   14.00
10/29/80   14.50
11/6/80   15.50
11/17/80   16.25
11/21/80   17.00
11/30/80   17.75
12/2/80   18.50
12/5/80   19.00
12/10/80   20.00
12/19/80   21.50
1/2/81   20.50
1/9/81   20.00
2/3/81   19.50
2/23/81   19.00
3/10/81   18.00
3/17/81   17.50
4/2/81   17.00
4/24/81   17.50
4/30/81   18.00
5/4/81   19.00
5/11/81   19.50
5/19/81   20.00
5/22/81   20.50
6/3/81   20.00
7/8/81   20.50
9/15/81   20.00
9/22/81   19.50
10/5/81   19.00
10/13/81   18.00
11/3/81   17.50
11/9/81   17.00
11/17/81   16.75
11/20/81   16.50
11/24/81   16.00
12/1/81   15.75
2/2/82   16.50
2/18/82   17.00
2/23/82   16.50
7/20/82   16.00
7/29/82   15.50
8/2/82   15.00
8/16/82   14.50
8/18/82   14.00
8/23/82   13.50
10/7/82   13.00
10/14/82   12.00
11/22/82   11.50
1/11/83   11.00
2/28/83   10.50
3/1/83   10.50
3/2/83   10.50
3/3/83   10.50
3/4/83   10.50
3/5/83   10.50
3/6/83   10.50
3/7/83   10.50
3/8/83   10.50
3/9/83   10.50
3/10/83   10.50
3/11/83   10.50
3/12/83   10.50
3/13/83   10.50
3/14/83   10.50
3/15/83   10.50
3/16/83   10.50
3/17/83   10.50
3/18/83   10.50
3/19/83   10.50
3/20/83   10.50
3/21/83   10.50
3/22/83   10.50
3/23/83   10.50
3/24/83   10.50
3/25/83   10.50
3/26/83   10.50
3/27/83   10.50
3/28/83   10.50
3/29/83   10.50
3/30/83   10.50
3/31/83   10.50
4/1/83   10.50
4/2/83   10.50
4/3/83   10.50
4/4/83   10.50
4/5/83   10.50
4/6/83   10.50
4/7/83   10.50
4/8/83   10.50
4/9/83   10.50
4/10/83   10.50
4/11/83   10.50
4/12/83   10.50
4/13/83   10.50
4/14/83   10.50
4/15/83   10.50
4/16/83   10.50
8/8/83   11.00
3/19/84   11.50
4/5/84   12.00
5/8/84   12.50
6/25/84   13.00
9/27/84   12.75
10/17/84   12.50
10/29/84   12.00
11/9/84   11.75
11/28/84   11.25
12/20/84   10.75
1/15/85   10.50
5/20/85   10.00
6/18/85   9.50
3/7/86   9.00
4/21/86   8.50
7/11/86   8.00
8/26/86   7.50
4/1/87   7.75
5/1/87   8.00
5/15/87   8.25
9/4/87   8.75
10/7/87   9.25
10/22/87   9.00
11/5/87   8.75
2/2/88   8.50
5/11/88   9.00
7/14/88   9.50
8/11/88   10.00
11/28/88   10.50
2/10/89   11.00
2/24/89   11.50
6/5/89   11.00
7/31/89   10.50
1/8/90   10.00
1/2/91   9.50
2/4/91   9.00
5/1/91   8.50
9/13/91   8.00
11/6/91   7.50
12/23/91   6.50
7/2/92   6.00
3/24/94   6.25
4/19/94   6.75
5/17/94   7.25
8/16/94   7.75
11/15/94   8.50
2/1/95   9.00
7/7/95   8.75
12/20/95   8.50
2/1/96   8.25
3/26/97   8.50
9/30/98   8.25
10/16/98   8.00
11/18/98   7.75
7/1/99   8.00
8/25/99   8.25
11/17/99   8.50
2/03/00   8.75
3/22/00   9.00
5/17/00   9.50
1/4/01   9.00
1/31/01   8.50
3/20/01   8.00
4/18/01   7.50
5/15/01   7.00
6/27/01   6.75
8/21/01   6.50
9/17/01   6.00
10/2/01   5.50
11/06/01   5.00
12/11/01   4.75
11/07/02   4.25
6/27/03   4.00
6/30/04   4.25
8/10/04   4.50
10/01/04   4.75
11/10/04   5.00
12/15/04   5.25
2/2/05   5.50
3/22/05   5.75
5/3/05   6.00
6/30/05   6.25
8/9/05   6.50
9/20/05   6.75
11/1/05   7.00
12/13/05   7.25
1/31/06   7.50
3/28/06   7.75
5/10/06   8.00
6/29/06   8.25
9/18/07   7.75
10/31/07   7.50
12/11/07   7.25
1/22/08   6.50
1/30/08   6.00
3/18/08   5.25
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