Banks welcome potential borrowers with excellent credit, offering
them the prime interest rate on personal loans and mortgages.
Not exact matches
Commercial banks use it as a benchmark to set their own
prime rate, which in turn dictates
interest rates on most home equity
loans and lines of credit, credit cards, auto
loans and
personal loans — even some small business
loans.
Most folks in the market for a car
loan or a short - term
personal loan will feel the
interest rate increase far more than those
on the hunt for their next home, given that financial institutions are likely to pass
on the higher expense of short - term borrowing directly to the consumer by increasing the
Prime rate.