rate of interest
Example Sentences
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In a financial panic, Bagehot prescribes, a central bank should lend freely to solvent banks against good collateral at a high rate of interest.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026
The current dynamic of higher-for-longer yields also poses a threat to the government, which needs to pay a higher rate of interest on its debt.
From MarketWatch • Dec. 8, 2025
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
But the rate of interest on what they owe is now 6.25% a year.
From BBC • Nov. 2, 2023
The investor in the top floor of the building received the lowest rate of interest but had the greatest assurance that his investment wouldn’t end before he wanted it to.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
