expected inflation rises, interest rates will rise
.
This result has been named the
Fisher effect
, after Irving Fisher, the economist who first pointed out the relation-
ship of expected inflation to interest rates. The accuracy of this prediction is shown
in Figure 5-5 for the United States; a similar figure exists for Canada. The interest rate
on three-month U.S. Treasury bills has usually moved along with the expected infla-
tion rate. Consequently, it is understandable that many economists recommend that
inflation must be kept low if we want to keep interest rates low.
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