lending rate
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Bank Indonesia lifted its base lending rate to 5.25 percent, it said, to help stabilise the devaluing rupiah and keep inflation in check.
From Barron's • May 20, 2026
It also raised its benchmark lending rate to 5.00% from 4.75%.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026
Some 58% of loans in December were made at interest rates at or below the official benchmark lending rate of 3%, Mr. Wright notes, and that proportion has risen steadily over the past couple years.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 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
"Commercial bank prime lending rate" 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
