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Home > Education > Financial Education for All Interest Rates: An Introduction Introduction   Printer version   Interest rates receive a lot of attention in the media, but what are they, anyway? How are they determined? What do they do? This introduction provides some basic answers to these questions.

Introduction Definition The Level of Interest Rates Different Rates Mortgages The Fed's Role Interest Rates and The Economy Some Calculations

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