Posts Tagged ‘Economy’

What are federal reserve interest rates and how do they affect the economy?

Saturday, May 9th, 2009
TNT DynaMiKe asked:


I know what the federal reserve is and I know what interest rates are. Now what is a federal reserve interest rate and what the heck does it mean to me?

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Why have interest rates in the US fluctuated far more greatly than UK interest rates?

Thursday, April 30th, 2009
Carefree asked:


Yet, both our economy’s are in real trouble. Why is this, despite the fact that interest rates in the UK have remained fairly constant compared to US interest rates? Apart from the latest 1.5% rate cut of course, but that was only last Thursday.

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How do interest rates affect the value of the dollar?

Wednesday, April 15th, 2009
brian p asked:


What does it mean when for the economy when interest rates are raised, lowered, or kept at the same rate?

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