Betekenis van interest rate In het Nederlands

• 0 the interest percent that a bank or other financial company charges you when you borrow money, or the interest percent it pays you when you keep money in an account:

  • high/low interest rates

  • The bank has plans to cut/raise interest rates.

• 1 the percentage amount that you pay for borrowing money, or get for lending money, for a period of time, usually a year:

  • a 7% interest rate

  • an interest rate of 7%

  • a high/low/zero interest rate

  • rising/falling interest rates Falling interest rates acted as a tax cut for households.

  • rumours of an interest rate rise

  • Interest-rate fluctuations may affect present and future cash flows of the company.

  • A rise in the interest rate causes the value of existing bonds to fall.

  • The government may cut interest rates to boost growth.

  • The bank has decided to leave interest rates unchanged.

  • Some cards charge an interest rate of over 16%.

  • The National Bank has set the interest rate at 6%.

  • a variable/fixed interest rate

  • long-term/short-term interest rates