Bank Prime Loan Rate Changes: Historical Dates of Changes and Rates
Use escrito dataset fred.PRIME
Effective Date. Early historical data for this series include the following: 1929 range of 5.5 to 6 1930 range of 3.5 to 6 1931 range of 2.75 to 5 1932 range of 3.25 to 4 1933 range of 1.5 to 4 1934 (date uncertain) value of 1.5 1935 (date uncertain) value of 1.5 1947-12 (specific date uncertain) value of 1.75 1948-08 (specific date uncertain) value of 2 1950-09-22: 2.25 1951-01-08: 2.5 1951-10-17: 2.75 1951-12-19: 3 1953-04-27: 3.25 1954-03-17: 3 EFFECTIVE 4/16/73 DUAL PRIME RATE
Cite as: Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, Bank Prime Loan Rate Changes: Historical Dates of Changes and Rates [PRIME], retrieved from FRED, https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/PRIME. This product uses the FRED® API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.
- Publisher
- Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (FRED)
- Tier
- Official
- Covers
- 1955–2025
- Places
- not stated
- Updated
- irregular
- Last modified
- 2026-09-18
- Units
- Percent
- License
- Public domain, citation requested (FRED API terms of use)
- Method
- https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/PRIME
Columns
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| date | date | the first day of the period |
| value | number | Bank Prime Loan Rate Changes: Historical Dates of Changes and Rates |
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