If companies have fewer productive opportunities,are interest rates likely to increase?
362718
no if fewer productive productive companies slowed down then interest rates would also go down
673683
Yes, because a small change in price will affect demand more.  If a product is inelastic, then the firm can charge just about anything and the demand will stay the same.
415136
YES and NO..here's why...excess supply in the short run leads to price drops as the market responds to find a new equilibrium. Inflation and supply generally have an inverse relationship. UNLESS we are talking about the supply of MONEY, as dictated by the Fed Funds rate. Lower interest rates generally signal that the Fed expects to experience inflation in the near future, so they raise the rates and shrink the money supply. The same is true of the opposite. If they expect recession, they may lower rates and make it easier to borrow money. This is known as MONETARY POLICY.\nI hope this helps
661193
True.\nHowever, this assumes continuous growth overall so that debt is continuously refreshed. If the debt or credit stagnates long term, then resources are not being created to replace the investments and eventually, the whole house of cards falls down when creditors and investors decide to invest in countries with better returns or potential gains.
764508
Depends on your investments. Stocks or bonds? Fixed or variable rates/returns? Example, if you're investing in a fixed rate @ 3% and rates go up to 5%...you'll make less because your fixed rate is 3%. If rates go down to 2%, you'll make more.
621301
Don’t sue me if I’m a little off but here what I believe.\n\nReal interest rates don’t effect borrowers and lenders they are created by them. Good old supply and demand  for capital.  \n\nSo when the Fed raises or lowers interest rates what are they actually doing is changing the supply of money by changing the discount rate.\n\nThe discount rate is basically the amount of money banks are allowed to loan out relative to real assets or something like that.    \n\nThey certainly make it sound like the fed is changing some legal rate that is a minim interest rate banks mush charge but I think they just a statement of the target they look for when they play with the discount rate.  \n\nSo, there’s also this thing where the government issues bonds and the bonds pay a dividend. How the rate of that dividend determined I’m not sure, but I’m told it’s not actually something the Fed does. It may be the bond market. Bonds trade for prices that aren’t necessarily fixed to some original principal but the dividend is and as the price of the bond changes the ratio between the price of the bond and the dividend or yield….Screw it I’ don’t know what I’m talking about.  \n\nThis is at best in incomplete answer and as far as accuracy goes, don’t take it to the bank.
278882
It very much depends on the company.  From your description, I wouldn't hope for much.
293604
If interest rates drop, the company can pay off the bondholders and float a new issue at lower rates. Some bonds are not callable at all or after a certain time frame. This is an important point to check prior to buying bonds.
607060
Yes, especially new projects or greatly changed existing projects.\n\nReview Benifits vs Cost, Resources required, expected Return on Investments, Marketing Analysis Expectations, Safety Considerations, Technology Use, Mfg Local, Industrial vs Commercial vs Military.\n\nKinda Like taking Murphys Law and turning it upside down or inside out to assure success in the short term as well as in the long term.
967622
The great question is whether is more profitable for a company to invest on inventions ot to follow the innovator companies.You can make a product better by improving 1.The packiging, 2.its' promotion with making offers,discounts,e.t.c..3.The point of sales\n4.Providing advertising material.In general, you have to implement the Philips Kotler's theory of five Ps. Price, place, product,promotion and packiging.
690043
If by the diminishing rate of interest you mean the APR (in the UK) - ie the rate that takes into account the fact that the loan will decrease in value over the term as it is repaid off....\n\nthen it will be slightly less than double the flat rate - so about 15%.\n\nNow this does depend on the size of the loan and the term - but it's a good approximation.
484925
That's pretty low.  They maybe will if you have a big down payment and agree to a huge interest rate.
868672
raise interest rates.
121317
If the payments end up being lower and if you can consolidate them with a lower interest rate.
1117822
yes, but hsbc and emigrantdirect have higher rates\n4.8 and 4.65 compare to ing's 4.25%
746759
That depends on how often the interest is compounded.
820238
Its a slight correction in the market.....If interest rates stay low, you will see the market pick up again.....Its also the off season, come spring, it should pick up again....