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![RudyHavenstein Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:24/cr:twitter::1358146357.png) Rudy Havenstein, Senior Markets Commentator. [@RudyHavenstein](/creator/twitter/RudyHavenstein) on x 124.1K followers
Created: 2025-07-25 14:54:27 UTC

"Financial oppression means using artificial means to suppress or hold interest rates below the rate of inflation. You can do that with QE..." - McDonald

You can also monkey with the CPI to make real rates look far higher than they really are.

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**Related Topics**
[inflation](/topic/inflation)
[rates](/topic/rates)
[artificial](/topic/artificial)

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