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.
image caption the fed has been buying bonds to keep interest rates low and boost growth the us federal reserve chair janet yellen has hinted that interest rates in the us could start to rise in early 2015ms yellen said the fed could begin raising rates six months after it halts its monthly bond buying programmeshe made the remarks after the fed said it will scale back bond purchases by a further $ 10bn Â£ 6bn per month this is the third time in a row that the central bank has tightened its stimulus effortshe fed lowered its overnight interest rate to 0 % in december 2008 as part of the steps it took to trigger growth in the economy amid the global financial crisis