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Re:How Not to Fight Inflation by SpicyLemonZest on Saturday July 16, 2022 @10:46AM (#32118670)
It’s hard to imagine a more targeted control than the benchmark rate, which has a direct impact only on people who manage money for a living and people who hold adjustable rate mortgages. It just manifests as a blunt hammer because the economy is interrelated, and I’d argue that any control big enough to make a difference will encounter this.
Re:How Not to Fight Inflation by doytch on Saturday July 16, 2022 @11:00AM (#32118785)
> people who hold adjustable rate mortgages

This is the vast majority of homeowners in most countries.

Which also spills into rent costs, of course.