Comment

Comment by georgeecollins

Here's my try: - Unlike popular perception, money is not created by "printing it". Money is created, or the supply of money is added to, when entities (corporations, institutions, people) borrow money from a bank.

- When interest rates go up, the cost of borrowing goes up because you have to pay back more over time.

- When the cost of borrowing goes up people borrow less.

- When their is less borrowing their is less money in the economy. Less of a currency trying to purchase the same amount of goods lowers prices.

Discussion

Live from the official Hacker News API

A modern reader for Hacker News · SvelteKit + Skeleton