AUSTIN, Texas, July 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Interest rates on new credit card offers declined slightly this week, according to the CreditCards.com Weekly Credit Card Rate Report, for the first drop since May.
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The average is composed of about 95 of the most popular credit cards in the country, including cards from dozens of leading U.S. issuers and representing every card category listed below. Introductory (teaser) rates are not included in the calculation. Among the nine card categories, average annual percentage rates (APRs) fell in two and were unchanged in seven.
Rates for card categories tracked by CreditCards.com are listed below:
Credit Card Rate Averages |
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Avg. APR |
Last week |
6 months ago |
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National Average |
14.42% |
14.43% |
13.17% |
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12.18% |
12.18% |
12.17% |
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12.63% |
12.63% |
12.49% |
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12.88% |
12.93% |
12.40% |
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12.96% |
12.96% |
10.74% |
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13.96% |
13.96% |
14.71% |
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14.30% |
14.30% |
14.17% |
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14.70% |
14.73% |
13.47% |
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15.99% |
15.99% |
17.62% |
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20.32% |
20.32% |
13.74% |
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Source: CreditCards.com |
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Updated: 7-21-10 |
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In the nine weeks since the last decline, APRs increased six times and remained unchanged three times.
Moves by Citi sparked the latest decrease. The Citi Forward card was changed from a fixed APR of 14.24 percent to a range of 12.99 to 19.99 percent. The issuer also slightly lowered the top end of its APR range on its mtvU Platinum Select Visa Card for College Students. However, because the national average is calculated using only the low end of any APR ranges, only the change to the Citi Forward card brought overall rates lower.
The CreditCards.com credit card rate survey is conducted weekly, using offer data from the leading U.S. card issuers' websites. Introductory offer periods and regular interest rates will vary with applicants' credit quality and issuer risk-based pricing policies.
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SOURCE CreditCards.com
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