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Interest rates have little effect on investment, and central banks have limited control over real interest rates.

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    Tyler Cowen 1 Oct 2023

    In the actual data, interest rates don’t seem to drive investment that much, and furthermore central bank influence over the real rate of interest typically is limited.

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