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There is a market for investments which ultimately includes the money market, bond market, stock market and currency market as well as retail financial institutions like banks.
Exactly how these markets function is a complex question. However, economists generally agree that the interest rates yielded by any investment take into account:
- The risk-free cost of capital
- Inflationary expectations
- The level of risk in the investment
- The costs of the transaction
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