Reference:PRIME RATE

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PRIME RATE

For the prime rate and government bonds information, see:

Current:

Wall Street Journal or Barron’s Financial Weekly [RRF-S&PNetAdvantage.html Standard & Poor's NetAdvantage] (S&P online database)

Recent:

Federal Reserve Bulletin (FR 1.3: Gov Pubs)

Historical:

Standard & Poor’s Statistical Service (HC 101.S74a Ref Desk) Investment Performance Digest (Ref HG4501 .C48) Thorndike Encyclopedia of banking and financial tables (Ref HG1626 .T49 1987) http://www.ustreas.gov/offices/domestic-finance/debt-management/interest-rate/ltcompositeindex_historical.shtml (Treasury Department)

Also see http://www.nfsn.com/personal/resource/rates.htm for interest rates, prime rate, mortgage rates, treasury bond rates,11th district costs of funds, etc. Another source is http://www.bankrate.com. See also http://www.federalreserveeducation.org/, an educational site published by the Federal Reserve.

Sometimes the business periodical literature will contain this information as well. See Factiva, ABI/Inform, etc.

Also see Stat-USA (under State of the Nation)

See also T-Bill Rate

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