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prime rate

The interest rate charged by commercial banks to their best customers. It is the lowest interest or base rate on which other rates are calculated according to the risk involved. Only borrowers who have the highest credit rating qualify for the prime rate.

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No references found			Common indexes used include Prime rate plus x, LIBOR (London Interbank offered rate) or other index, including one developed by the lender. Home Loan Rate Facts You Should Know About Adjustable Rate Mortgage by Alan Lim / Finance and Investment community After the introductory period ends the rate is based on the prime rate plus the margin. How to Shop for A Home Equity Line of Credit (HELOC) by Jonas Patterson / Real estate industry community A short-term prime rate is a benchmark for interest rates on loans of less than one year to the most favored borrowers among small and midsize firms and home buyers. Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ short-term prime rate increase becomes official by Japan Weekly Monitor			Priestley, J B Priestley, Joseph Prieux rocket Prigg v. Pennsylvania Prigione di Edimburgo, La Prigioniero, II Prigogine, Ilya prima donna prima facie prima volta Primakoff, Henry Primakov, Yevgeny Maksimovich primary primary data primary industry primary research primary sexual characteristic primary tone primate Primaticcio, Francesco Primavera Primavera, Giovanni Leonardo prime factor prime minister prime number prime rate Primitive Methodism Primitivism primo Primo de Rivera y Saenz de Heredia, José Antonio Primo de Rivera, Miguel, Marqués de Estella primo uomo Primorsk Primorski Krai Primorye primrose Primrose League Primrose, William Primus, Pearl prince Prince Albert Prince Consort Prince Edward Island Prince George Prince George County Prince George's County Prince Igor Prince of the Pagodas, The Prince of Wales Island Prince Rupert Prince William County			prime number prime number prime number prime number Prime number theorem Prime number theorem Prime number theory Prime numbers Prime numbers Prime numbers Prime numbers in nature Prime numbers in nature Prime numbers in nature prime oblique meridian prime of life Prime Of Life (Album) Prime of the moon Prime Optical Fiber Corporation Prime Orbital System Prime Orion Philippines, Inc. Prime Pacific Health Innovations Corporation Prime paper Prime Parameter Data Base Prime polynomial Prime pour l'Emploi Prime Power Generator Fuel System Prime Power Unit prime professional Prime Projects Media Group prime quantity prime rate Prime rate fund Prime Rate Funds prime rates prime rates prime rates prime rates prime rates prime rates prime register Prime Rib Prime ring Prime Sierpinski Project Prime Solution Providers for Business Communications Prime Spéciale Bovins Mâles prime standby power source Prime steak Prime steak Prime steak Prime Support Contractor Prime Suspect Prime Suspect Prime Systems Integration Services Prime Systems Integration Services Contract Prime Tanning Hours Prime Target Human Resource Services Prime Target Market Prime Technical Order Warehouse System prime tenant Prime Term Lending Rate prime the pump

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