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George Athanassakos | Why the Fed will hike rates while inflation remains stagnant

Aug 19, 2015

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In his op-ed for The Globe and Mail, Professor George Athanassakos looks at some of the reasons why interest rates are about to go up when there is no inflation.

“The short answer is that rising inflation is only one of the factors that may lead to an increase in interest rates,” said Athanassakos.

To further explain, Athanassakos broke down the many other reasons behind increasing interest rates.