Imagine you're running a lemonade stand, and everyone wants to buy your lemonade. You raise the price, this is like inflation. Now imagine someone tells you they'll pay more for lemonade later if you promise them better quality next time, this is like interest rates. When inflation is high, people expect prices to go up even more, so banks increase interest rates to slow things down.
Examples
- A lemonade stand owner raises prices when everyone wants to buy lemonade at once.
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See also
- Why are interest rates remaining high in many countries?
- Why are interest rates currently so high in many countries?
- Why are global interest rates remaining stubbornly high?
- Why is global inflation still so high despite interest rate hikes?
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