strategy

Increasing interest rates

Synonyms:
Maintaining tight money
Counter Claim:

Why do they think raising interest rates will lower ‘inflation’ (which doesn’t include rising interest payments, mortgage costs and for education, student loans, child-care, local taxes, and skyrocketing drug prices)?  Why do politicians fixated on deficits and interest rates think they will burden their children, but respond by cutting public services, jobs, government investments in maintaining vital infrastructure for our future in the name of ‘austerity’?

Type Classification:
G: Very Specific strategies
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
GOAL 12: Responsible Consumption and Production