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At zero percent or 1 or 2%, when you have inflation of 7% per year which was the last reading, that means that the real interest rate is about minus 5 1/2%, harris. if you had to pay the government to let them borrow your money, what does that make? you ve got to raise the interest rate above the inflation rate which is 10 year bond yield is 8% which is huge. no one is going to do that. these guys are stuck with it as far as i can tell. now, it is much easier forecasting the past than the future. my view is that they re not doing anything that will slow down inflation. if anything they re trying to make it worse. harris: oh boy. i don t mean to tell you bad news. harris: we want the truth. the american people are not weak, we can take the truth but you have to tell us the truth. and not in a drip drip fashion. we appreciate it. you may talk over my head. ....