NewsBite

Opinion

Paul Krugman

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 KrugmanContributor

Subscribe to gift this article

Gift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.

Subscribe now

Already a subscriber?

Do 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?

Loading...
Paul Krugman is a New York Times columnist and Nobel Prize winning economist.

Subscribe to gift this article

Gift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.

Subscribe now

Already a subscriber?

Read More

Latest In Economy

Fetching latest articles

Most Viewed In Policy

    Original URL: https://www.afr.com/policy/economy/are-we-returning-to-the-late-90s-high-interest-rate-era-20240501-p5fo6e