Rate board checked Houston, Texas Published benchmarks, not offers
Trust the numbers, not the pitch.
A personal loan's APR is built from rates you can look up. TrustCedar shows you those rates with their dates, explains how they reach your offer, and puts a loan next to the other ways to borrow.
When you're ready, one short request goes to lenders and loan brokers. You compare what comes back and decide.
The rate board
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- FFR Fed funds target range
- 3.75%–4.00%
- No change: held; raised 0.25 pt on Sep 16 · set at the FOMC meeting of Oct 28, 2026 · source: Federal Reserve, FOMC statement, October 28, 2026
- PRIME Bank prime rate
- 7.00%
- No change: unchanged since Sep 2026 · on Nov 9, 2026 · source: Federal Reserve H.15 via FRED (DPRIME)
- PL24 24-month personal loan, bank average
- 11.90%
- Up: from 11.86% in Q2 · Q3 2026 survey, published Nov 6 · source: Federal Reserve G.19 Consumer Credit, November 6, 2026
- CARD Credit card APR, accounts paying interest
- 22.36%
- Up: from 22.15% in Q2 · Q3 2026, published Nov 6 · source: Federal Reserve G.19 Consumer Credit, November 6, 2026
- UST10 10-year Treasury yield
- 4.88%
- Up: from 4.86% the session before · close of Nov 9, 2026 · source: Federal Reserve H.15 via FRED (DGS10)
- MTG30 30-year fixed mortgage average
- 7.18%
- Down: from 7.24% a week earlier · week ending Nov 5, 2026 · source: Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey
- CPI Consumer prices, 12 months to September
- 3.7%
- Up: from 3.4% through August · BLS release of Oct 14, 2026 · source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, CPI release for September 2026
Published benchmarks and averages, not loan offers. Your APR depends on your credit, income, debts and the lender. How these numbers reach your loan
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How a rate travels
Four steps from the Fed's meeting room to the APR on your offer
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The Fed sets an overnight rate
Banks lend reserves to each other overnight at the federal funds rate.
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Banks price off it
The prime rate follows the Fed's move, and many card APRs follow prime.
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Markets price the years ahead
Treasury yields set what fixed-rate money costs a lender for two to five years.
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Your file sets the spread
Credit, income and debts decide how far above those costs your APR lands.
The three desks
Rate desk
What a lender stacks on top of the Fed's rate before your offer arrives, and when timing matters.
Head to head
A personal loan set against cards, BNPL, a HELOC, a 401(k) loan and a loan from family, on the same terms.
- CARD Personal loan vs. credit card
- BT Personal loan vs. balance transfer card
- BNPL Personal loan vs. buy now, pay later
- EWA Personal loan vs. cash advance apps
- PAL Personal loan vs. credit union PAL
- LOC Personal loan vs. line of credit
- HELOC Personal loan vs. HELOC
- 401K Personal loan vs. 401(k) loan
- FAMILY Personal loan vs. family loan
- SAVINGS Personal loan vs. using savings
Market signals
The Fed meeting, the CPI and the jobs report, read for what they change about borrowing.
Run the numbers
Your loan, at today's rate and the next one
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Rate move
Rate change calculator
Your payment and total interest at one APR and at another: what a rate move is worth on your loan.
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Loan vs card
Loan vs. card payoff calculator
Pay a card balance with fixed card payments, or move it to a personal loan with a fee: months and interest side by side.
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Break-even
Refinance break-even calculator
Whether a new loan at a lower APR pays back its origination fee, and in which month.
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After inflation
Real cost calculator
Interest in today's dollars: a loan's cost after the inflation rate you expect.
Put your loan on the board
Five quick answers and your contact details. TrustCedar passes the request to lenders and loan brokers; compare the APRs that come back against the rate board, and say no to any of them.
- 1 The amount, the purpose, your credit range, your timing and ZIP code.
- 2 Your name, phone, email and consent to be contacted.
- 3 A lender or loan broker may reply with an offer. No loan exists until you sign one.
You pay TrustCedar nothing. The lenders and loan brokers who contact you set their own rates, fees and terms, and decide on credit themselves. How we make money.