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Aggressive_Bed_9774 t1_izr1n51 wrote

don't know about south africa but , in India the target inflation range is 2-6% which is what the inflation is most of the time

the reason for the range upper limit being so high is that its not a problem when the GDP growth rate is also high

as for Switzerland, https://www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/comments/zhqabn/oc_inflation_heatmap_for_44_european_other_dm_and/izr0qam?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share&context=3

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matt2001 OP t1_izr0zrr wrote

There are some good YouTube videos on how to do this. It's actually quite easy and safer than buying stocks when interest rates are rising. Especially, if you stay with short term bills. All of the major brokerages allow you to buy treasuries.

I plan on staying in short-term treasuries and wait for longer term interest rates to rise.

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Aggressive_Bed_9774 t1_izr0qam wrote

Switzerland:-be a tax haven for the scum of the world ,which ensures large money(dollars/gold) inflows, which ensures the local currency appreciates in value, that lowers inflation.

Saudi Arabia:-be part of a oil cartel to profiteer from low global oil supply compared to global demand, which ensures large money(dollars) inflows, which ensures the local currency appreciates in value, that lowers inflation ,

and also buy discount Russian oil for domestic consumption and sell your own oil at market prices to others.

China:-lockdown entire cites when a single covid case is found and welding people's doors closed, and significantly eliminate the demand side factors that cause inflation but destroy your GDP growth rate in the process too

and also buy cheap Russian gas and oil.

i don't think there's much that can be learnt from these 3 nations without a lot side effects.

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matt2001 OP t1_izqx59z wrote

Interest rate paid by the government if you buy their treasury bills. You can buy various time frames. I've listed one month, two month and 3 month compared to a 10-year treasury.

We started the year with almost 0% interest and now we are at 4%.. The 10-year treasury bill is paying less than the shorter term treasuries. This often happens before a recession.

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