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Raising Interest Rates Is Like Starting a Fission Chain Reaction

2/23/2018

 
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Central bankers seem to think that adjusting interest rates is a nice little tool that they can easily handle. The problem is that higher interest rates affect the economy in many ways simultaneously. The lessons that seem to have been learned from past rate hikes may not be applicable today.


Furthermore, there can be quite a long time lag involved. Thus, by the time a central banker starts seeing an effect, it may be clear that the amount of the interest rate change is far too large. 

​Raising Interest Rates Is Like Starting a Fission Chain Reaction

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