Relevant knowledge of annual interest rate
The annual interest rate refers to the deposit interest rate for one year. The so-called interest rate is the abbreviation of "interest rate", which refers to the ratio of interest amount to deposit principal or loan principal in a certain period of time. Usually divided into annual interest rate, monthly interest rate and daily interest rate. The annual interest rate is expressed as a percentage of the principal, the monthly interest rate as a percentage, and the daily interest rate as a percentage.
When the economic development is in the growth stage, the investment opportunities of banks increase, the demand in loanable funds increases and the interest rate rises; On the other hand, when the economy is in a downturn and the society is in a depression, banks' willingness to invest will decrease, so will the demand for loanable funds, and the market interest rate will generally be lower.
The People's Bank of China has strengthened the use of interest rate instruments. Interest rate adjustment is frequent year by year, the interest rate regulation mode is more flexible, and the regulation mechanism is becoming more and more perfect. With the gradual advancement of interest rate marketization reform, interest rate policy, as one of the main means of monetary policy, will gradually change from direct regulation to indirect regulation. As an important economic lever, interest rate will play a more important role in the national macro-control system.
Since the reform and opening up, the People's Bank of China has strengthened the use of interest rate instruments, and gradually made interest rates an important lever by adjusting the level and structure of interest rates and reforming the interest rate management system. In May and July of 1993, the People's Bank of China raised the deposit and loan interest rates twice, and in May and July of 1995, it raised the loan interest rates twice. These adjustments have effectively controlled inflation and the scale of fixed assets investment. In May and August, 1996, 1997 10, and March 1998, in view of the remarkable macro-control effect and the obvious drop in market prices, the central bank lowered the deposit and loan interest rates four times in a timely manner, reducing the interest burden of enterprises, especially large and medium-sized state-owned enterprises, on the basis of protecting the interests of depositors.