Shaun's name origin is Hebrew, and the name Shaun means God is gracious. Shaun is an alternate spelling of John (Hebrew). Shaun is also a form of Sean (Irish, Hebrew).
Evaluation of higher interest rates. 1  Higher interest rates affect people in different ways. The effect of higher interest rates does not affect each consumer equally. 2  Time lags. The effect of rising interest rates can often take up to 18 months to have an effect. 3  It depends upon other variables in the economy.
A. Inflation is the rate of increase in the general price level, so a 10% inflation rate means prices overall are 10% higher than a year ago. Interest rates are the cost of borrowing, or the price of money. A 10% interest rate is the return a saver will get, or the amount a borrwer will have to pay, over a year. There are many ways of thinking about the link between interest rates and inflation. The easiest is the one used by the Bank of England.