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What is Interest Rate

Handbook of Research on Financial and Banking Crisis Prediction through Early Warning Systems
Interest rate is the rate at which interest is paid by borrowers (debtors) for the use of money that they borrow from lenders (creditors).
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Measuring the Impact of Financial Crisis: A Financial Stress Index for Turkey
İsmail Yıldırım (Hitit University, Turkey)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-9484-2.ch013
Abstract
Crisis in 2001 and global financial crisis in 2008 effect Turk economy in a lot of ways. Financial crisis creates destructive effect especially on increasing market economies. It is not so easy to watch occurring of this financial crisis and determining of its expanding. First of all determining of crisis terms are needed to predict of financial crisis. In this part, a financial stress index is composed by using TL interest rate and monthly data of global gross reserves belongs to $/TL exchange rate between 1997:01-2014:12 terms for Turkey. Months when financial stress index raised to top level for Turkey and financial crisis are observed on, are found as February(2001) and November (2008).
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Oil Prices, Macroeconomic Performance, and Sustainability: The Case of Turkey
Interest is the price of money loaned. In another definition, when a debt is borrowed over any amount, it is the remuneration process performed while paying the debt.
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The Impact of Macroeconomic Indicators on Unemployment Rate: Western Balkan Countries
The amount charged, expressed as a percentage of principal, by a lender to a borrower for the use of assets. Interest rates are typically noted on an annual basis, known as the annual percentage rate (APR). The assets borrowed could include cash, consumer goods, and large assets such as a vehicle or building.
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Evaluating E-Government Initiatives: An Approach Based upon the Appropriation of Tangible and Intangible Benefits
A fee that is paid by money borrowers to the money’s owner or controller as a form of compensation for its use.
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