[eli5] Why is US federal interest rate highly important in the financial world?
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It’s the interest your bank pays to borrow money from the government. If you want to borrow money, you’ll need to pay more than the federal rate or the bank loses money. It decides part of the interest for every loan given in the US.
It doesn’t matter in other places though. Europe’s finance is dependent on the ECB.
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