Who is a co-applicant? A co-applicant refers to a person who applies along with the borrower for a loan. This is done so that the income of the co-applicant can be used to supplement the borrowerâs income and increase his/her eligibility.
Here are some states' approaches to the question of awarding post-judgment interest: 1  California provides for a fixed interest rate of 10% per annum for postjudgment interest. 2  North Carolina applies a statutory rate of 8%.
What does the Federal Reserveâs decision to raise interest rates mean for your long-term and retirement investments? After almost a decade of holding the benchmark federal-funds rate near zero, the Federal Reserve raised the interest rate to a range of 0.25% to 0.5%. The board of directors also raised the discount rate to 1% from 0.75%. In the short term, thereâs a chance for ongoing volatility in both the bond and stock markets.