All Posts Tagged Prime Lending Rate

Banks already “paying it forward”

January 22nd, 2008 | No comments

It looks good on paper. The Fed lowered rates 75 bips, and as you might guess the banking stocks rallied soon thereafter. It makes perfect sense – they’re getting cheaper money, which is supposed to help margins. Hours later there’s another move afoot – “emergency” prime rate reductions. Both M & T and National City [...]