lending rate

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The bank’s monetary committee, or Copom, cut the Selic benchmark lending rate as expected to 14.75% from the 15% level it had been at since June.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026

The Fed will start its two-day meeting on Tuesday, with an announcement of the benchmark lending rate in the world's largest economy a day later.

From Barron's • Mar. 15, 2026

It also reduced its benchmark lending rate to 4.75% from 5.00%.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 19, 2026

The Fed said it will keep its key lending rate between 3.5% to 3.75%, stating that economic activity in the US "has been expanding at a solid pace".

From BBC • Jan. 28, 2026

Commercial bank prime lending rate: This entry provides a simple average of annualized interest rates commercial banks charge on new loans, denominated in the national currency, to their most credit- worthy customers.

From The 2008 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency