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What happens when interest rates rise?

Geoff Riley

25th January 2020

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Professor Danny Blanchflower explains why an increase in the policy interest rates set by central banks matters.

What happens when interest rates rise?

You can find our collection of study and revision resources on monetary policy here.

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Geoff Riley

Geoff Riley FRSA has been teaching Economics for nearly forty years. He has over twenty years experience as Head of Economics at leading schools. He writes extensively and is a contributor and presenter on CPD and Revision conferences in the UK and overseas.

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