Central Banks & Monetary

Chartered-bank prime lending rate

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Prime rate (V80691311) is the base reference banks use to price variable-rate consumer and business loans. The Bank of Canada publishes a daily value based on the rates posted by the six largest chartered banks. Typically moves in 25 bp steps in tandem with the overnight rate target.

Daily business-day resolution.

get/api/v1/boc/prime-rate

Request

  • Base URL: https://sugra.ai
  • URL: https://sugra.ai/api/v1/boc/prime-rate
  • Auth: API key in header x-api-key

Query parameters

recent_yearsinteger

Number of years of prime-rate history.

Response

Daily chartered-bank prime rate in percent.

Example response

{
  "meta": {
    "endpoint": "/api/v1/fred/us/cpi",
    "data_time": "2026-04-16T14:30:00Z",
    "response_time": "2026-04-16T14:30:12Z",
    "provider": "Sugra API v1.0.1",
    "data_age_days": 8.532,
    "source": "sugra_crypto",
    "attribution": "Short interest and Reg SHO daily short volume data is owned by and sourced from FINRA (Financial Industry Regulatory Authority).",
    "fallback_chain": [
      "sugra_crypto",
      "sugra_finance"
    ],
    "stale_since": "2026-09-08T12:00:00Z",
    "period": "2026-Q1",
    "notes": "the UKMTO report behind these counts is dated 2026-08-21 and is 11 days old"
  }
}

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