Human photography essay

Interest rates and the economy connection

  1. Low interest rate *encourages* people to borrow more and spend more?
  2. Cheaper borrowing … encourages spending and investing?
  3. People want access to more funds?

One sentence:

Low interest rates encourage borrowing and spending, which can stimulate the economy, while high interest rates can have the opposite effect, acting like a brake on economic growth.

why? One sentence:

Interest rates impact the economy because they affect the cost of borrowing, which in turn influences people’s and businesses’ decisions to spend and invest.

ERIC KIM

Photographer, blogger, street photography educator, artist-publisher. Human-generated essays from the pavement, the camera, the body, and the real world.