Low Interest Rates That Have Persisted Since the Financial Crisis

question 104

Multiple Choice

Low interest rates that have persisted since the financial crisis of 2008-09 have been a net benefit to:

• A) pension funds.
• B) retirees.
• C) banks.
• D) savers.
• E) share investors.

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Definitions:

Demand Price

Demand Price is the highest price that consumers are willing and able to pay for a good or service at a given quantity.

Supply Price

The minimum price at which a seller is willing to sell a good or service.

Price Floor

A government or regulatory minimum price set on goods and services, typically above the equilibrium price, to prevent prices from falling too low.

Excess Supply

A market situation where the quantity of a good or service offered for sale by producers exceeds the quantity demanded by consumers at the current price.