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Re:Inflation surges to its highest since 1990 by metafunctor on Thursday November 11, 2021 @04:44AM (#29186244)
Are you assuming interest rates and inflation are somehow uncoupled?
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Re:Inflation surges to its highest since 1990 by jtsiskin on Thursday November 11, 2021 @04:51AM (#29186276)
They’re referring to people with existing, fixed interest rate debt. My student loans for example are 5%
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Re:Inflation surges to its highest since 1990 by metafunctor on Friday November 12, 2021 @05:44AM (#29197980)
Still not uncoupled, but rather an estimate of future reference interest rates (which is strongly coupled to inflation).
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