Electrical meters are supplied by the utility company. While the National Electric Code (NEC) has not specified a minimum, ideal and maximum height for electrical meter boxes, the utility company does.
The Current U.S. (Fed) Prime Rate is: 4.00%. March 15, 2017: The FOMC has voted to raise the. target range for the fed funds rate to 0.75% - 1.00%. Therefore, the United States Prime Rate is now 4.00%, effective tomorrow (March 16, 2017.) The next FOMC meeting and decision on short-term rates. will be on May 3RD, 2017.
The real interest rate is the rate of interest an investor expects to receive after allowing for inflation. It can be described more formally by the Fisher equation, which states that the real interest rate is approximately the nominal interest rate minus the inflation rate.