Interest rate
No CommentsApril 7, 2012 at 6:26 amCategory:Loans
Rate or price at which a person borrows money from a person who lends money is called interest rate. It is predetermined or fixed by a financial body, central banks or national government. When a borrower returns’s money this interest is levied on the principal amount borrowed by him/her. It keeps on varying with time and change in conditions of market. They are many reasons recorded for this fluctuation of interest rates such as short term or political gain which includes reducing IR’s for improving prevailing economic conditions in a country. It would help in counterbalancing inflation. Deferred consumption is another cause of fluctuating IR’s as lender delays in buying consumption goods; it would lead to positive interest rate. Other causes include inflationary expectations in which a lender asks for more money because of price hike.
Long term interest rates are considered as more influential because these are more dependent sort and completely rely on the factors of demand and supply factors as well. It is also dependent on the present and complete position of the financial markets that also prove you a general idea about the interest rates that keeps on fluctuating. There are some collective factors prevalent in the market that stands as the major reason for hike in the interest rates. When talking in terms of economic recovery, the interest rate varies depending on the short term and long term interest rates which keeps on changing.