rate of interest
Example Sentences
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The scale of the investment boom underway in the U.S. has likely raised the rate of interest at which the Fed is neither restraining nor stimulating growth, the IMF said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 19, 2026
Someone offering you a higher fixed rate of interest on bonds, at a moment when the economy is in free fall, is someone offering you free money.
From MarketWatch • Nov. 24, 2025
Veterans could borrow from the government against their bonus certifications, but only at a high rate of interest.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 29, 2024
The effective rate of interest on U.S. mortgage debt was just 3.8% at the end of last year.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 24, 2024
Interest rate swaps—in which one party swaps a floating rate of interest for another party’s fixed rate of interest—was one such innovation.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
