interest

Example Sentences

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Let’s run the numbers: Your $300,000 in cash at 4% interest would yield $12,000 a year.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 8, 2026

Treasurys and the dollar fell to a one-month low, while gold and silver jumped as expectations of an inflation shock-induced Federal Reserve interest rate hike dimmed.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

The Fed will eventually have to lift interest rates, no matter the official denials, argues a strategist.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026

“Raising interest rates isn’t going to solve the problem of a shortage of food or oil,” Stiglitz said.

From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026

She was wearing the long dark jacket and small hat he would have recognized a mile away as being straight from the wardrobe of Helen Grosvenor, the love interest of the 1932 film.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny