Hoarseness, an abnormal change in your voice, is a common condition thatâs often experienced in conjunction with a dry or scratchy throat. If your voice is hoarse, you may have a raspy, weak, or airy quality to your voice that prevents you from making smooth vocal sounds.
One way to minimize interest rate risk is to buy short-term bonds that take less time to mature. It's less painful to be stuck with a low-paying bond for five years than a low paying bond for 20 or 30 years. Another way to minimize risk is to hold the bond until maturity.
Evaluation of higher interest rates. 1  Higher interest rates affect people in different ways. 2  The effect of higher interest rates does not affect each consumer equally. 3  Those consumers with large mortgages (often first time buyers in the 20s and 30s) will be disproportionately affected by rising interest rates.sually, if the Bank of England increase base rates it will lead to higher commercial rates too. Higher interest rates have various economic effects: 1  Increases the cost of borrowing. 2  Interest payments on credit cards and loans are more expensive.