Sentence examples similar to Above-average interest rate from inspiring English sources

Yet the increase on Italian debt came sooner than expected, as it was triggered before Italian bonds crossed a threshold that the clearing house was thought to use (4.5 percentage points above the average interest rate of AAA-rated government bonds in the euro zone).

Despite a climb in yields on ten-year government bonds to above 7%, the average interest rate Portugal pays on sovereign borrowing is only 3.6%, says Mr Teixeira dos Santos.Why then are bond markets so jittery?

The average interest rate is about 17%, which is about 11/2percentage points above the average charge-card rate.

That is why, as Mr Rajan pointed out in a recent speech, the average interest rate on loans to the power industry is 13.7%, well above the average home-loan rate, of 10.7%.

The average interest rate paid by the state was 5.11%, or 0.30 point above the cost of general obligation bonds California issued in February.

According to lenders like GE Capital, the average interest rate on DIP loans has nearly doubled in the last two years, to 6.5 to 9.5 percent above benchmark interbank rates.

"You can only set the average interest rate," he said.

Step 4- Interest Rate– enter an estimated or actual weighted average interest rate.

The average interest rate on a mortgage loan is 8%.

The average interest rate is 18 to 22 percent.

The average interest rate for cards issued by for-profit institutions is currently 16.7%, according to Credit Card Monitor, though many customers with less than perfect credit pay rates above 20%.