
Something’s Gotta Give – Ep 798
The Peter Schiff Show Podcast
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What Can Corporations Do When Interest Rates Are Rising?
Higher interest rates are actually inflationary when you're just measuring the c p i. So they can pass those higher interest costs on to the customer in the form of higher prices. Another thing that corporations can do when interest rates are rising is pay off their debts. They'll have to sell stock, which, of course, would reverse the very policies they had when rates were low. It came from issuing debt corporations looked at how low interest rates were and took advantage of them.
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