Why does interest in money exist?

Question

What is it for and why? I found a lot of questions on interest rate but not what interest itself is

Thanks in advance 🙂

Edit: Thank you for all the replies i am now a financial god of wisdom, i’m not going to reply to unless something is unclear to me but comments will all be read

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Answer 1

I’m interested in money because I can exchange it for things I want, like food, a house, a big screen TV or a fast car.