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Historical data for the Wall Street Journal prime rate

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Note: Numbers in parenthesis are the day of the month the prime rate was changed.

Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
1991 9.50% (2) 9.00-9.50 (1,5,21) 9.00% (24) 8.50% (1) 8.00% (13) 7.50% (6) 6.50% (23)
1992 6.00% (2)
1993
1994 6.25% (24) 6.75% (19) 7.25% (18) 7.75% (16) 8.50% (15)
1995 9.00% (1) 8.75% (7) 8.50% (20)
1996 8.25% (31)
1997 8.50% (27)
1998 8.25% (30) 8.00% (16) 7.75% (18)
1999 8.00% (01) 8.25% (25) 8.50% (17)
2000 8.75% (3) 9.00% (22) 9.50% (17)
2001 9.00% (4) 8.50% (1) 8.00% (21) 7.50% (19) 7.00% (16) 6.75% (28) 6.50% (22) 6.00% (18) 5.50% (3) 5.00% (7) 4.75% (12)
2002 4.25% (7)
2003 4.00% (27)
2004 4.25 (1) 4.50% (11) 4.75% (22) 5.00% (10) 5.25 (14)
2005 5.50% (2) 5.75% (22) 6.00% (3) 6.25 (30) 6.50% (9) 6.75% (20) 7.00% (1) 7.25% (13)
2006 7.50% (21) 7.75% (28) 8.00% (10) 8.25% (29)
2007 7.75% (18) 7.50% (31) 7.25% (11)
1990-1999
Date of Change Prime Rate
2-Jan-91 9.50%
1-Feb-91 9.00-9.50
5-Feb-91 9.00
21-Feb-91 8.75-9.00 (BofA)
24-Apr-91 9.00
1-May-91 8.50
13-Sep-91 8.00
6-Nov-91 7.50
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%
   
2000-pres
Date of Change Prime Rate
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%
   
07-Nov-02 4.25%
   
27-Jun-03 4.00%
   
01-Jul-04 4.25%
11-Aug-04 4.50%
22-Sep-04 4.75%
10-Nov-04 5.00%
14-Dec-04 5.25%
   
02-Feb-05 5.50%
22-Mar-05 5.75%
03-May-05 6.00%
30-Jun-05 6.25%
09-Aug-05 6.50%
20-Sep-05 6.75%
01-Nov-05 7.00%
13-Dec-05 7.25%
   
31-Jan-06 7.50%
28-Mar-06 7.75%
10-May-06 8.00%
29-Jun-06 8.25%
   
18-Sept-07 7.75%
31-Oct-07 7.50%