prime lending rate

基本解释

Thus, many, many other rates that do affect your life are affected by the prime lending rate.
就这样，许多与日常生活息息相关的利率都会受到基本放款利率的影响。
First of all, the prime lending rate is the interest rate that banks charge each other for short term loans.
首先，基本放款利率是银行间相互进行短期借贷时使用的利率。
I watched CNN for a while yesterday while waiting for a meeting and they kept going back to the big news that the Federal Reserve cut the prime lending rate by 0.75%.
昨天，我在等会议开始的时间里看了会儿CNN，电视里反复播放着“美联储将基本放款利率降低了0.75％”。

It is much more critical in determining interest rates in the economy such as banks' prime lending rate.
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The prime lending rate is 2.5% a month, or about 30% a year.
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The move was expected to prompt commercial banks to trim their prime lending rate, which would reduce the benchmark rate for millions of consumer and business loans to 7.25 percent.
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