It is not the best rate offered by banks.
Current mortgage interest rates wall street journal.
Prime rate is the base rate on corporate loans posted by at least 70 of the 10 largest u s.
It should not be confused with the federal funds rate set by the federal reserve though these two rates often move in tandem.
The initials stand for the wall street journal which surveys large banks and publishes the consensus prime rate.
The wall street journal defines wsj prime rate as u s.
With the exception of the current price and price history was supplied by lipper a.
Dow jones a news corp company.
Other prime rates aren t directly comparable.
Market data center on the wall street journal.
Prime rate defined by the wall street journal wsj as the base rate on corporate loans posted by at least 70 of the 10 largest u s.
There are different indices that report on the prime rate and one of most commonly referred is the prime rate index is the wall street journal s prime rate wsj prime rate.
Mortgage interest rates haven t been falling as fast as 10 year treasury yields with the gap between the two growing to its highest level in years as borrower appetite for home loans outpaces.
The journal surveys the 30 largest banks and when three quarters.