Standard 12: Interest Rates Economics On-Demand PD
Interest rates, adjusted for inflation, rise and fall to balance the amount saved with the amount borrowed, which affects the allocation of scarce resources between present and future uses.
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Content Standard 12: Interest Rates
Benchmarks
What is an Interest Rate?
Video: Saving and Borrowing
Survey: Saving and Borrowing Incentives
Video: Is the Savings Account Dead?
Real Interest Rates
Video: What is the Real Interest Rate?
The Fisher Effect
Video: What is the Fisher Effect?
Quiz: Real Interest Rates
Video: What Do Banks Do?
Why Do Loan Rates Vary?
Article: Personal Loan Rates
Video: It's a Money Thing - Loan Basics
Quiz: It's a Money Thing
Risk and Interest Rates
Market-Based Incentives
Survey: Use the Consumer Finance Tool
Responding to Incentives