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Prime Lending Rates (Principal Banks) from 1989 to 2000

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Table : Releases (Percent per annum)
Effective Dates Short-term Prime Lending Rates of Banks 1 Long-term
Prime Lending Rates
Most Frequent Highest Lowest
1989   Jan. 23 -- 4.25 -- 5.7 (1988.8.1) 2
Jan. 26 4.25 ↓ -- ↓
Jan. 27 ↓ ↓ 4.25 ↓
June 19 4.875 4.875 ↓ ↓
June 20 ↓ ↓ 4.875 ↓
July 3 ↓ ↓ ↓ 6.0
Nov. 1 ↓ ↓ ↓ 6.2
Nov. 6 5.75 5.75 5.75 ↓
Dec. 1 ↓ ↓ ↓ 6.5
1990   Jan. 4 ↓ ↓ ↓ 6.8
Jan. 19 6.25 6.25 6.25 ↓
Feb. 1 ↓ ↓ ↓ 7.5
Mar. 29 7.125 7.125 7.125 ↓
Apr. 2 ↓ ↓ ↓ 7.9
May 28 ↓ ↓ ↓ 7.6
Aug. 1 ↓ ↓ ↓ 7.9
Aug. 9 ↓ 7.375 ↓ ↓
Aug. 10 7.375 ↓ 7.375 ↓
Sep. 3 ↓ ↓ ↓ 8.5
Sep. 12 ↓ 8.0 ↓ ↓
Sep. 13 8.0 ↓ ↓ ↓
Sep. 14 ↓ ↓ 8.0 ↓
Oct. 1 ↓ ↓ ↓ 8.9
Nov. 1 ↓ ↓ ↓ 8.3
Dec. 3 ↓ ↓ ↓ 8.1
Dec. 11 ↓ 8.25 ↓ ↓
Dec. 12 8.25 ↓ ↓ ↓
Dec. 13 ↓ ↓ 8.25 ↓
1991   Jan. 4 ↓ ↓ ↓ 7.8
Mar. 1 ↓ ↓ ↓ 7.5
Apr. 1 ↓ ↓ ↓ 7.7
Apr. 8 ↓ ↓ 7.875 ↓
Apr. 10 7.875 ↓ ↓ ↓
Apr. 12 ↓ 7.875 ↓ ↓
July 1 ↓ ↓ ↓ 7.9
July 16 ↓ ↓ 7.625 ↓
July 18 7.625 ↓ ↓ ↓
July 19 ↓ 7.625 ↓ ↓
Aug. 1 ↓ ↓ ↓ 7.7
Sep. 2 ↓ ↓ ↓ 7.5
Sep. 11 ↓ ↓ 7.375 ↓
Sep. 13 7.375 ↓ ↓ ↓
Sep. 17 ↓ 7.375 ↓ ↓
Oct. 1 ↓ ↓ 7.0 6.9
Oct. 4 7.0 ↓ ↓ ↓
Oct. 8 ↓ 7.0 ↓ ↓
Nov. 18 ↓ ↓ 6.625 ↓
Nov. 22 6.625 ↓ ↓ ↓
Nov. 27 ↓ 6.625 ↓ ↓
1992   Jan. 6 ↓ ↓ 6.125 6.6
Jan. 8 ↓ ↓ 5.875 ↓
Jan. 10 5.875 ↓ ↓ ↓
Jan. 13 ↓ 5.875 ↓ ↓
Feb. 3 ↓ ↓ ↓ 6.0
Apr. 10 5.25 5.25 5.25 ↓
June 1 ↓ ↓ ↓ 6.3
July 1 ↓ ↓ ↓ 6.1
Aug. 3 ↓ ↓ 4.75 ↓
Aug. 4 4.75 ↓ ↓ ↓
Aug. 5 ↓ 4.75 ↓ ↓
Sep. 1 ↓ ↓ ↓ 5.7
Nov. 2 ↓ ↓ ↓ 5.5
Dec. 9 ↓ ↓ 4.55 ↓
Dec. 11 ↓ ↓ 4.5 ↓
Dec. 14 4.5 ↓ ↓ ↓
Dec. 16 ↓ 4.5 ↓ ↓
1993   Feb. 1 ↓ ↓ ↓ 5.2
Feb. 12 ↓ ↓ 4.0 ↓
Feb. 15 4.0 ↓ ↓ ↓
Feb. 16 ↓ 4.0 ↓ ↓
Mar. 1 ↓ ↓ ↓ 4.9
May 6 ↓ ↓ ↓ 5.1
June 1 ↓ ↓ ↓ 5.4
Aug. 2 ↓ ↓ ↓ 5.0
Aug. 31 3.75 3.75 3.75 ↓
Sep. 1 ↓ ↓ ↓ 4.8
Sep. 29 ↓ ↓ 3.375 ↓
Sep. 30 3.375 3.375 ↓ ↓
Oct. 1 ↓ ↓ ↓ 4.5
Nov. 10 ↓ ↓ ↓ 3.8
Dec. 8 ↓ ↓ 3.0 ↓
Dec. 9 3.0 ↓ ↓ ↓
Dec. 10 ↓ 3.0 ↓ 3.5
1994   Feb. 10 ↓ ↓ ↓ 3.8
Mar. 10 ↓ ↓ ↓ 4.4
Aug. 10 ↓ ↓ ↓ 4.7
Sep. 14 ↓ ↓ ↓ 4.9
1995   Mar. 10 ↓ ↓ ↓ 4.5
Apr. 11 ↓ ↓ 2.750 ↓
Apr. 12 2.75 ↓ ↓ 3.6
Apr. 13 ↓ 2.75 ↓ ↓
Apr. 24 ↓ ↓ 2.375 ↓
Apr. 25 2.375 ↓ ↓ ↓
Apr. 26 ↓ 2.375 ↓ ↓
June 14 ↓ ↓ ↓ 3.1
July 12 ↓ ↓ ↓ 2.7
July 13 ↓ ↓ 2.0 ↓
July 14 2.0 2.0 ↓ ↓
Sep. 13 ↓ ↓ 1.625 3.0
Sep. 14 1.625 1.625 ↓ ↓
Oct. 13 ↓ ↓ ↓ 2.8
Dec. 13 ↓ ↓ ↓ 2.6
1996   Jan. 10 ↓ ↓ ↓ 2.8
Feb. 15 ↓ ↓ ↓ 3.0
Mar. 13 ↓ ↓ ↓ 3.2
May 10 ↓ ↓ ↓ 3.6
June 12 ↓ ↓ ↓ 3.3
Sep. 11 ↓ ↓ ↓ 3.0
Oct. 16 ↓ ↓ ↓ 2.7
Dec. 11 ↓ ↓ ↓ 2.5
1997   May 14 ↓ ↓ ↓ 3.1
June 11 ↓ ↓ ↓ 2.9
July 10 ↓ ↓ ↓ 2.7
Sep. 10 ↓ ↓ ↓ 2.5
Oct. 15 ↓ ↓ ↓ 2.3
1998   Jan. 9 ↓ ↓ ↓ 2.6
May 8 ↓ ↓ ↓ 2.4
June 10 ↓ ↓ ↓ 2.3
July 10 ↓ ↓ ↓ 2.5
Sep. 16 1.50 ↓ 1.50 ↓
Sep. 18 ↓ 1.50 ↓ ↓
Oct. 9 ↓ ↓ ↓ 2.3
Nov. 10 ↓ ↓ ↓ 2.2
1999   Jan. 8 ↓ ↓ ↓ 2.9
Mar. 10 ↓ ↓ ↓ 2.6
Mar. 17 ↓ ↓ 1.375 ↓
Mar. 18 1.375 ↓ ↓ ↓
Apr. 9 ↓ ↓ ↓ 2.3
May 11 ↓ ↓ ↓ 1.9
July 9 ↓ ↓ ↓ 2.1
Aug 10 ↓ ↓ ↓ 2.4
Sep. 10 ↓ ↓ ↓ 2.3
Oct. 8 ↓ ↓ ↓ 2.2
2000   May 10 ↓ ↓ ↓ 2.15
Aug. 10 ↓ ↓ ↓ 2.2
Aug. 24 1.500 ↓ 1.500 ↓
Aug. 25 ↓ 1.625 ↓ ↓
Sep. 8 ↓ ↓ ↓ 2.4
Oct. 11 ↓ ↓ ↓ 2.3
Nov. 10 ↓ ↓ ↓ 2.25
Dec. 8 ↓ ↓ ↓ 2.1
  1. The highest and lowest interest rates and the rate adopted by the greatest number of city banks.
    From January 23, 1989, the banks independently set the rate taking funding costs etc. into consideration.
  2. Effective dates.

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