• YeahToast@aussie.zone
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    4 months ago

    I’ve never really understood the rationale of increasing interest rates when inflation is being driven by international events rather than discretionary spending. Just seems dumb.

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      4 months ago

      Banks need more money to cover the losses they had when it middle east went pear shaped, again

      /S

        • FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au
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          4 months ago

          Explain the out of control inflation before the war then……

          We are pretty much the only western country in the world who RAISED interest rates before the war. Every economist has been saying for months and months that the inflation is mostly caused by the out of control government spending.