Question

You deposit $1,500 in a bank where you have a savings account. The bank

pays you an interest of 5% per month. But later, the bank reduces the
interest rate from 5% to 3%, and that reduces your interest earnings from
$75 to $45.
What kind of risk explains the given situation?

Answer 1

Interest rate risk

Interest rate risk is the risk that arises for fixed-rate investments from fluctuating interest rates. How much interest rate risk a fixed-rate investment has depends on how sensitive its price is to interest rate changes in the market.