Interest rate holes in the hull
Can higher interest rates cause higher inflation? Paradoxically, yes.
Economic lore tells us that the remedy for high inflation is to push up interest rates. Higher rates, economists say, limit lending and pull prices down. But the relationship is more complex than that. Higher rates can create inflation if thereβs much debt. Workers β¦
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