Rising Interest rates

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Kevin5

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Hi

I read in the independent today that interest rates are to go up tomorrow by 0.25 or 0.50 % in Ireland.

Stupid question now. Is this only in Ireland or generally accross europe ?

As I am in Germany and in the process of getting mortgage approval to buy an appartment over here and what to know will this interest rate rise stated in the independent affect me .

thanks in advance

Kevin
 
Generally across Europe - The european central bank decide that
There is no such thing as a stupid question every question is valid and deserves an answer
 
It's the ECB rate, so it affects all lenders in the eurozone — although not all equally, according to [broken link removed] Sunday Business Post article.
[Edit: post crossed with bazermc's]
 
My understanding is that banks in the Eurozone borrow money from the European Central Bank at the same rate, currently 2.5% (although as mentioned this is set to rise today). Anything above this rate is the bank's profit and this varies from bank to bank as well as country to country.
 

I think banks can borrow from the ECB (or maybe their own countries Central Bank) but in reality most their borrowing is in the commercial markets. The ECB rate however influences the rates in the market which is why the banks rates tend to track it.
 

THe cost of Funds varies for different financial institutions also based on there credit rating
i.e if your bank has a AAA rating your COF will be less than if you have an A rating
to best of my knowledge no Irish bank has AAA rating
 
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