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interest rate:

Definitions:

  1. the percentage of a sum of money charged for its use

Examples:

  1. 7 times your salary works very well if coupled with rising property prices and low interest rates But think carefully about what may happen to your personal financial commitments should that trend
  2. as well as having to pay pensions for longer , the current climate of low interest rates adds to the expense of purchasing an annuity . Pension funds are having to set
  3. average practice output : + sales revenue : + Rate of return to training / interest rate Same as above Desired Investment in physical capital Same as above A function of :
  4. three hypothetical five-year loans for £ 10 million taken out in March 1991 at an interest rate of 10.5 per cent . For the purpose of these examples , it is assumed
  5. only thing that will save you is if inflation is allowed to run away whilst interest rates stay low which as we all know is not going to happen . On the

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