Policy rates and central banks
Who sets policy rates, how they feed through to your loans, your savings and the markets, and why every decision matters for banks, insurers and asset managers. A free module, with dated and sourced figures.
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What you will be able to do
- Understand the role of a central bank, its mandate and its independence
- Name the ECB's three rates and grasp why the deposit rate is the one that steers today
- Describe how a rate decision passes through to loans, savings and prices
- Gauge what a rate rise changes for a bank, an insurer, an asset manager and a company
Who it is for
Finance staff, students and anyone curious who wants to understand central bank decisions and their effects.
Prerequisites
No prerequisites.
Included
- Video with chapters
- PDF slides
- Marked quiz
- Verifiable certificate
Programme
- 01Policy rates and central banks: understanding the essentials
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