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[–] morry040@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

It would be sensible to pull up a chart of the historical interest rates and expect the real possibility that interest rates could remain around the 5% range for 10-20 years, as they did in the 1990s and 2000s when inflation was in the 2-3% target range.
https://tradingeconomics.com/australia/interest-rate