In the early 80s, interest rates were really high and that's in part because inflation was really high. The Federal Reserve of that era was doing its own version of hiking the cost of capital to try to bring inflation down. And I think in some ways it serves as a cautionary tale as we debate as a country when and if we should pause our current rate hiking cycle.
The Federal Reserve has once again raised interest rates, which means borrowing money for your mortgage or your business is once again more expensive. New York Times economics reporter Talmon Joseph Smith explains why this might keep happening.
This episode was produced by Miles Bryan and Amanda Lewellyn, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Serena Solin, engineered by Michael Raphael and Paul Robert Mounsey, and hosted by Noel King.
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