Is the 8% annual interest rate high?

A loan with an annualized interest rate of 8% is not high. This interest rate is generally a consumer loan issued by a bank. The annualized interest rate of medium and long-term loans of cash loan companies is above 20%, and the annualized interest rate of short-term loans is as high as 36%.

The annual interest rate refers to the deposit interest rate for one year. The so-called interest rate is the abbreviation of "interest rate", which refers to the ratio of interest amount to deposit principal or loan principal in a certain period of time. Usually divided into annual interest rate, monthly interest rate and daily interest rate. The annual interest rate is expressed as a percentage of the principal, the monthly interest rate as a percentage, and the daily interest rate as a percentage.

When the economic development is in the growth stage, the investment opportunities of banks increase, the demand in loanable funds increases and the interest rate rises; On the other hand, when the economy is in a downturn and the society is in a depression, banks' willingness to invest will decrease, so will the demand for loanable funds, and the market interest rate will generally be lower.

Generally speaking, when the central bank expands the money supply, the total supply in loanable funds will increase, the supply exceeds demand, and the natural interest rate will decrease accordingly; On the contrary, the central bank implements a tight monetary policy, reducing the money supply, so that loanable funds's demand exceeds supply, and interest rates will rise accordingly.