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Q: The Wall Street Journal's Prime Rate ( Answered 5 out of 5 stars,   0 Comments )
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Subject: The Wall Street Journal's Prime Rate
Category: Business and Money > Economics
Asked by: asap1234-ga
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Posted: 03 Nov 2002 08:14 PST
Expires: 03 Dec 2002 08:14 PST
Question ID: 97298
What has the WSJ's Prime Rate been for each month over the last 10
years (October 1992 to October 2002)?
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Subject: Re: The Wall Street Journal's Prime Rate
Answered By: bizguy-ga on 03 Nov 2002 08:59 PST
Rated:5 out of 5 stars
 
Great question.  The rate does not change frequently…here are the
dates on which it has changed.  Between changes, the rate remains the
same.

Date of change   WSJ Prime rate
23-Dec-91	6.50
02-Jul-92	6.00%
24-Mar-94	6.25%
19-Apr-94	6.75
18-May-94	7.25
16-Aug-94	7.75
15-Nov-94	8.50
1-Feb-95	9.00%
7-Jul-95	8.75%
20-Dec-95	8.50%
31-Jan-96	8.25%
27-Mar-97	8.50%
30-Sep-98	8.25%
16-Oct-98	8.00% 
18-Nov-98 	7.75% 
01-Jul-99 	8.00% 
25-Aug-99	8.25% 
17-Nov-99	8.50% 
03-Feb-00	8.75% 
22-Mar-00 	9.00% 
17-May-00 	9.50% 
04-Jan-01 	9.00% 
01-Feb-01 	8.50% 
21-Mar-01	8.00%
19-Apr-01	7.50%
16-May-01 	7.00%
28-Jun-01 	6.75%
22-Aug-01 	6.50%
18-Sep-01	6.00%
03-Oct-01 	5.50%
07-Nov-01	5.00%
12-Dec-01	4.75%

Source:  HSH
http://www.hsh.com/indices/prime90s.html
http://www.hsh.com/indices/prime00s.html
(HSH seems to be a reputable source for this, recommended in both the
listserv discussion and by the Univ. of Pennsylvania Law School
library at: http://www.law.upenn.edu/bll/lawecon/lawecon.htm )

Current rate verification:
10/30/02	4.75%
http://www.bankrate.com/brm/ratehm.asp

For more information:

Listserv discussion
http://lawlibrary.ucdavis.edu/LAWLIB/Dec99/0175.html

Biddle Library
http://www.law.upenn.edu/bll/lawecon/lawecon.htm

Relevant terms:
wsj
wall street journal 
prime rate
historical

Best wishes!
asap1234-ga rated this answer:5 out of 5 stars
great answer delivered quickly - Thanks!

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