the lowest rate of interest at which money may be borrowed commercially
优惠贷款利率,最低贷款利率。
n. 优惠贷款利率;最低贷款利率
At least one bank cut its prime rate today.
至少有一家银行今天降低了自己的最低贷款利率。
US prime rate.
美国基本利率。
Banking giant Wells Fargo said it was cutting its prime rate to 3.25 percent.
银行业巨头富国说,这是削减其最优惠利率为百分之三点二五。
Most credit CARDS have their rate fixed at the prime rate plus some specific percentage - prime plus 11.9%, for example.
大多数信用卡的利率是固定的,由基本放款利率加上一些特定比率-如基本放款利率加上11.9%。
And after the prime rate declined by half a point, and the Dow rose by thirty-two, guess what happened to Goose and Fox?
要是主利率降了半个点,道·琼斯涨了三十二点,你们猜大白鹅和狐狸能赚多少?
所谓优惠利率是指对特定的贷款对象规定的较一般贷款利率为低的利率。它是资本主义国家确定其他利率的基础利率。资本主义商业银行一般只给其规模大信誉好的工商业顾客提供优惠利率。优惠利率在全国所有中等以上规模银行中是相同的。在美国金融史上,1947年以前,优惠利率相对稳定,而后,优惠利率受商业票据在利率上的竞争和全部银行信贷供求等影响,变动次数增多。美国商业银行的优惠利率的变化一般首先在纽约的银行发生,然后扩散到全国各地。
the lowest rate of interest at which money may be borrowed commercially
优惠贷款利率,最低贷款利率。