Interest rates are the cost of borrowing money or the reward for saving it. When you take out a loan, you pay back the loan amount plus a percentage of that amount as interest. When you save money in a bank, the bank pays you a percentage as interest for keeping your money there. Higher interest rates make borrowing more expensive and saving more rewarding, while lower rates make borrowing cheaper and saving less profitable.
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