baking powder Baking powder is a mixture of one or more acidic salts and baking soda, an alkali. These two compounds react when they get wet and release carbon dioxide gas bubbles. These, in turn, cause baked goods to rise. Baking powder is perishable.
An Illinois Court held that the Illinois statutory rate of 9% interest is to be applied to the amounts due on a mortgage loan after foreclosure judgment is entered and before the foreclosure sale is confirmed.
Definition: The prime interest rate is what U.S. banks charge their best customers. It's usually the best loan rate available to non-banks. It's also called the prime lending rate, the prime rate, or even just prime. Banks base the prime rate on the federal funds rate. That's the rate banks charge each other for special overnight loans. They borrow fed funds from each other to fulfill the Federal reserve requirement each night. For example, o December 15, 2016 the Federal Open Market Committee raised this rate to 0.75 percent.