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Are we returning to the late ’90s high interest rate era?
I’m starting to wonder whether high interest rates might last a lot longer than many people, including me, have been predicting.
Paul KrugmanContributorDo you remember the economy of the late 1990s? Or if you’re too young to remember it – I hope that’s true for at least some of my readers – what have you heard about it?
You probably remember it as a time of prosperity – low unemployment and rapid economic growth combined with low inflation – marred by irrational exuberance in the sharemarket. Pets.com anyone?
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