Why Aren’t Interest Rates Higher Right Now?

The interest rate at the end of the Carter administration was 20%. Paul fields a question from a listener who wants to know what is keeping interest rates low in our current economic situation. Listen along as Paul explains how interest rates work, and then he compares the economic situation of the 1970s to today. Paul’s conclusion: Things are much better now than they were then.

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