Posts Tagged ‘Federal Interest Rates’
Interest Rate Roller Coaster: Managing Fluctuations
Interest Rates could be explained as the cost of borrowing money in an economy. In an organized economy, central banks are the entities in charge of setting interest rates. Some times interest rate fluctuations serve as a mechanism to control variables such as inflation; in times of high inflation there is a high volume of…
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Federal Interest Rates refers to the rates at which depository institutions (mainly commercial banks), lend and borrow funds held at the Federal Reserve.The Federal Funds Rate serves as the benchmark rate for banks and other depository institutions when determining the interest rates at which they will lend money to third parties. To simplify this definition,…
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