July 23 prime interest rate is 8.5%
Bank to bank is 5.25-5.5% , prime will generally be bank to bank plus 3 for the average borrower, very high credit scores may see a reduction from that 3%, anything less than bank to bank will be manufacturers artificially supporting the interest rate to serve some internal purpose (move inventory,etc.)
How we arrived there is very easily explained, but this site prohibits honest discourse with regard to political topics which the current interest rate, and rate of inflation are 100% a function of.
The only people who can affect interest rates and inflation rates are the people who print the money and control monetary policy, anyone who tells you otherwise is lying to you.