variable-rate
Americanadjective
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We assumed that the individual put 20% down and financed the rest of the home purchase with a variable-rate mortgage 2 percentage points above the Treasury bill rate, updated monthly.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026
Smaller companies tend to be more reliant on debt to fund operations, particularly of the variable-rate variety, than their larger-cap counterparts.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 9, 2026
The largest deal, the $3 billion variable-rate Stretch, now trades around $93, below its face value of $100, and yields 11%.
From Barron's ● Nov. 21, 2025
Borrowers of private student loans have already seen rates climb because of previous rate increases: Both fixed- and variable-rate loans are linked to benchmarks that track the federal funds rate, the Fed’s benchmark rate.
From New York Times ● May 1, 2024
For starters, WaFd Bank was less vulnerable to rate hikes: Back in 2005, the bank began moving away from fixed-rate loans and toward more variable-rate commercial loans, said CEO Brent Beardall.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 16, 2024
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