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How High Interest Rates Upended the Economy

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you may have noticed prices on the whole started to rise in response to the pandemic causing inflation. There was a similar hike in inflation back in the 80’s. In response, the government raised interest rates quickly and severely causing the nasty side-effect of a crippling recession. After peaking in June of 2022 at 9%, inflation plummeted back down to 3.

How High Interest Rates Upended the Economy

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  • How to Avoid Medical Debt!: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    How to Avoid Medical Debt!

    S7 E14 - 10m 17s

    Medical debt is the number one cause of individual bankruptcy in the US, and yet very few other countries suffer from this problem... why?

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