1. Lesson Objectives Must learn: What are interest rates
Should learn: What is the purpose of interest rates
Could learn: What are the effects of changing interest rates on businesses and consumer spending

2. Write a few sentence explaining what you think are interest rates.
Starter

3. What Are Interest Rate?

4. Why Do People Spend Less When Interest Rates Increase?

5. The Effects of Interest Rates on Businesses

6. What difference do they make?

7. Interest Rates for Businesses Video
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8. Mini Plenary
List products people buy on credit…….

9. Mini Plenary List products people buy on credit. Did you get these:-
Kitchens
Bathrooms
Carpets
Home improvements
Furniture
Cars
TVs

10. Interest Rates Examples
The cost of borrowing
The reward for saving
Eg interest rate of 5% pa (per annum):
Borrow £100
pay back £100 x 5% one year later
£150.00
Save £100
One year later savings are worth £100 x 5%

11. Examples Jane takes out a one year loan of £1000
Interest rate = 7% per annum
How much does she pay back?
Fred puts his retained profit of £500 in a savings account
Interest rate = 1% per annum
How much are his savings worth after a year?

12. Who Controls Interest Rates?

13. How a Bank Loan works
£100K for 5 10%
Total

14. How a Bank Loan works Total £20K Every year £100K for 5 yrs @ 10%
Repay part of the loan

15. How a Bank Loan works Total £20K + £10K £30K Every year
£100K for 5 10%
£20K + £10K
£30K
Total
Every year
Repay part of the loan +
Interest

16. How a Bank Loan works Total £20K + £10K £30K £20K + £8K £28K
£100K for 5 10%
£20K + £10K
£30K
£20K + £8K
£28K
Total
Every year
Repay part of the loan +
Interest

17. How a Bank Loan works Total £20K + £10K £30K £20K + £8K £28K
£100K for 5 10%
£20K + £10K
£30K
£20K + £8K
£28K
£20K + £6K
£26K
Total
Every year
Repay part of the loan +
Interest

18. How a Bank Loan works Total £20K + £10K £30K £20K + £8K £28K
£100K for 5 10%
£20K + £10K
£30K
£20K + £8K
£28K
£20K + £6K
£26K
£20K + £4K
£24K
Total
Every year
Repay part of the loan +
Interest

19. How a Bank Loan works Total £20K + £10K £30K £20K + £8K £28K
£100K for 5 10%
£20K + £10K
£30K
£20K + £8K
£28K
£20K + £6K
£26K
£20K + £4K
£24K
£20K + £2K
£22K
Total
£130K
Every year
Repay part of the loan +
Interest

20. How a Bank Loan works Total £20K + £10K £30K £20K + £8K £28K
£100K for 5 10%
£20K + £10K
£30K
£20K + £8K
£28K
£20K + £6K
£26K
£20K + £4K
£24K
£20K + £2K
£22K
Total
£130K
Every year
Repay part of the loan +
Interest
So taking a loan means paying interest

21. How a Bank Loan works Total £20K + £15K £35K £20K + £10K £30K
£100K for 5 15%
£100K for 5 10%
£20K + £15K
£35K
£20K + £10K
£30K
£20K + £12K
£32K
£20K + £8K
£28K
£20K + £9K
£29K
£20K + £6K
£26K
£20K + £4K
£24K
£20K + £3K
£23K
£20K + £2K
£22K
Total
£145K
£130K

22. How a Bank Loan works Total £20K + £5K £25K £20K + £15K £35K
£100K for 5 5%
£100K for 5 15%
£100K for 5 10%
£20K + £5K
£25K
£20K + £15K
£35K
£20K + £10K
£30K
£20K + £4K
£24K
£20K + £12K
£32K
£20K + £8K
£28K
£20K + £3K
£23K
£20K + £9K
£29K
£20K + £6K
£26K
£20K + £2K
£22K
£20K + £1K
£21K
Total
£115K
£145K
£130K

23. Task 1 - Practise Questions
Dilesh’s savings of £5,000 are in a savings account which pays 2% per annum. What are her savings worth at the end of a year?
Fatima’s mortgage interest rate increases by 1% per annum. How much extra does she have to pay per year on a mortgage of £100,000?

24. Task 1 - Practise Questions
Jane borrows £500 for six months at an interest rate of 4% per annum. How much does she pay back?
Kwan’s two year loan has an interest rate of 8% per annum. How much interest does he have to pay on a loan of £10,000?

25. Interest rates – flow diagram
Interest rates go up
…………………………..
……………………………

26. ... businesses will have to pay more interest on their loans.
Interest rates go up….
... businesses will have to pay more interest on their loans.
This means that their costs will increase and may lead to profits falling.
…so borrowing is more expensive for consumers.
This might hurt businesses which rely on consumers who buy on credit. An example might be car sales.
…so some consumers might decide to save rather than spend.
This might be bad news for some businesses which sell goods which consumers don’t need to have urgently e.g. a new set of living room furniture
…people who have mortgages have to pay more.
This would give them less disposable income to spend on other goods and services.
[The effect might be delayed if they have a fixed rate mortgage]

27. Interest rates – flow diagram
Interest rates go down
………………………….. …
…………………………

28. ... businesses will have to less more interest on their loans.
Interest rates go down….
... businesses will have to less more interest on their loans.
…so borrowing is cheaper for consumers.
…so some consumers might decide to spend rather than save.
…people who have mortgages have to pay less.

29. Plenary
The rate of interest in the UK is: (indicate the correct definition by a cross in the box) a
Set by the Government so that it does not have to pay too much to borrow money b
Set by a committee at the Bank of England to keep inflation within specified guidelines c
Decided by the European Central Bank to keep the Euro stable

30. Plenary
The rate of interest in the UK is: (indicate the correct definition by a cross in the box) a
Set by the Government so that it does not have to pay too much to borrow money b
Set by a committee at the Bank of England to keep inflation within specified guidelines X c
Decided by the European Central Bank to keep the Euro stable

31. Homework a What will happen to the amount that people borrow? b
Summary
It is very useful to learn the ways in which changing interest rates
affect a business. See if you can fill in the spaces below looking at the impact on your business of a fall in interest rates. a
What will happen to the amount that people borrow? b
What will happen to the amount that people save? c
What will happen to the amount your business pays on its loans? d
What will happen to the quantity of items your business sells?

32. Homework - Answers
Summary
It is very useful to learn the ways in which changing interest rates
affect a business. See if you can fill in the spaces below looking at the impact on your business of a fall in interest rates. a
What will happen to the amount that people borrow?
It is likely to rise b
What will happen to the amount that people save?
It is likely to fall c
What will happen to the amount your business pays on its loans?
They will pay less d
What will happen to the quantity of items your business sells?
Answer depends on the business