The issue focused on in the recent financial crisis is that of interest rates.The global economy is now more than 10% below its pre-crisis peak, and in the US the rate is 5.5% - the lowest it's been since at least 2009.In the UK, the rate is just 2.5%. And in the UK, the rate is 0.5%."The reason for the low interest rate is that the money that's being borrowed is being paid back in more or less the