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The prime rate is becnchmark rate set by private banks. This is not a government set rate nor does government intervention have anything to do with it. The prime rate was generally considered the rate banks offered their best customers. Though it is still used as a benchmark rate for many loans it is not an accurate depiction to consider it the rate charged the best customers.

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