Federal Reserve Prime Rates

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	2011	2010	2009	2008	2007
January	3.25%	3.25%	3.25%	7.25%	8.25%
February	3.25%	3.25%	3.25%	6.00%	8.25%
March	3.25%	3.25%	3.25%	6.00%	8.25%
April	3.25%	3.25%	3.25%	5.25%	8.25%
May	3.25%	3.25%	3.25%	5.00%	8.25%
June	3.25%	3.25%	3.25%	5.00%	8.25%
July	3.25%	3.25%	3.25%	5.00%	8.25%
August	3.25%	3.25%	3.25%	5.00%	8.25%
September	3.25%	3.25%	3.25%	5.00%	8.25%
October		3.25%	3.25%	4.50%	7.75%
November		3.25%	3.25%	4.00%	7.50%
December		3.25%	3.25%	3.25%	7.50%

	2006	2005	2004	2003	2002
January	7.25%	5.25%	4.00%	4.25%	4.75%
February	7.50%	5.25%	4.00%	4.25%	4.75%
March	7.50%	5.50%	4.00%	4.25%	4.75%
April	7.75%	5.75%	4.00%	4.25%	4.75%
May	7.75%	5.75%	4.00%	4.25%	4.75%
June	8.00%	6.00%	4.00%	4.25%	4.75%
July	8.25%	6.25%	4.25%	4.00%	4.75%
August	8.25%	6.25%	4.25%	4.00%	4.75%
September	8.25%	6.50%	4.50%	4.00%	4.75%
October	8.25%	6.75%	4.75%	4.00%	4.75%
November	8.25%	7.00%	4.75%	4.00%	4.75%
December	8.25%	7.00%	5.00%	4.00%	4.25%

	2001	2000
January	9.50%	8.50%
February	8.50%	8.75%
March	8.50%	8.75%
April	8.00%	9.00%
May	7.50%	9.00%
June	7.00%	9.50%
July	6.75%	9.50%
August	6.75%	9.50%
September	6.50%	9.50%
October	6.00%	9.50%
November	5.50%	9.50%
December	5.00%	9.50%

Source: Federal Reserve Board

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