Dr. George Athanassakos argues that interest rates bottomed out in 2016 and have been trending upwards since then and there is nothing any politician, including Mr. Trump, can do to change this in his latest article titled "Sorry Mr. Trump, interest rates are on a long-term rising trend", published in the Globe and Mail (Report on Business), p. B14. The article also appeared in Globe Investor Magazine Online, under the title "Sadly for Trump, rising interest rates are a long-term trend" on February 6, 2026. View PDF.
