https://www.youtube.com/post/Ugkx64p4XLgw4zjvyvJkAhsQWQ1W6z3uTtw7?lc=UgxjSVrnKuDcKwXatzp4AaABAg.9lwIjpafzqd9lwtq5Uqw15&lc=UgxjSVrnKuDcKwXatzp4AaABAg.9lwIjpafzqd9lwtq5Uqw15 196 ---- 320 ----- 350 ----- 356 Interest rates go up. People spend less. The economy hurts more. Ken, Toronto, CANADA Kiril Mihaylov Yes rates rule the world now @Kiril Mihaylov THE MEASURE is NOT "rates", but ECONOMIC ACTIVITY. When we had POSITIVE (SUSTAINABLE) GROWTH, "the status quo" was KING with THE CRIMINAL ELEMENT "thriving" in BLOATED GOVERNMENTS like in Japan + all NATO countries. The REFRAIN you'll be hearing [YOU heard it here for THE 1ST TIME. :D]: THE STATUS QUO DON'T WORK NO MORE (anymore). (Ha! Ha!) ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS is GOVERNMENTS AROUND THE WORLD [except for China (that acts as a world develoment bank) + a few VERY RICH Muslim countries + the well-run "socialist" countries like Russia] are BROKE: they have NO MONEY to create infrastructure jobs which saved the USA - once upon a time back in the day. :D (THE WINNER in all this is THE RUSSIAN-LEAD Commonwealth of Independent Nations.) ANOTHER MAIN REASON, the former engine of the global economy, the USA, is BROKE BEYOND REPAIR due to OVER SPENDING ON THE MILITARY + "ORGANIZED CRIME" THRIVING IN THE PUBLC SECTOR. Ken, Toronto, CANADA