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Interest Rate

Interest Rate

The amount a lender charges for lending your money, or a borrower pays you for borrowing your money.

The amount a lender charges for lending your money, or a borrower pays you for borrowing your money.

More terms

Fixed Income

An investment that provides a fixed rate of return, often over a specific set of time.

Internal Rate of Return (IRR)

A means of calculating the potential future return on an investment.

Arithmetic Mean

The sum of a set of numbers added together and then divided by the total amount of numbers in that set.

Clean price

The quoted price of a gilt, which excludes accrued interest

Geometric Mean Return

A way of calculating compound returns on an investment or savings over a set period of time.

Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF)

A collection of investments, pooled into a single fund that can be bought and sold on a stock exchange.

Yield curve

A graphical representation of interest rates over time

Base rate

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Capital

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