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High Interest Rates: Causes and Effects (CRS Report for Congress)

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Release Date June 30, 1980
Report Number 80-53
Report Type Report
Authors Carol Leisenring, Economics Division
Source Agency Congressional Research Service
Summary:

This report describes the major market and policy forces that determine the general level of interest rates. The discussion is related to the recent economic experience of high interest rates and inflation, but may be generally applied to any economic environment.