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Re:U.S. inflation rate rises to 13-year high of 5.4% by cannabis_sam on Wednesday October 13, 2021 @12:57PM (#28854593)
> Most businesses operate close to break-even (in efficient markets), and many will immediately go under.

Then they are not managing risk properly and actually need to go under.

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Re:U.S. inflation rate rises to 13-year high of 5.4% by ac29 on Wednesday October 13, 2021 @01:24PM (#28854909)
I'm not even sure that its true to a meaningful degree - at least in the US, large businesses dominate economically and are quite profitable (much better than "break even"). Microsoft, Berkshire Hathaway, JP Morgan - they are not going to "go under" if interest rates go up 0.25%, even though they all use corporate debt.
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