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Easy money era is ending, interest rates to stay high: French economist Landau

IN · 2026-10-04

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Key takeaway

Landau: era of easy money is ending; structurally higher real rates ahead

  1. Step 1 · The triggerfalling global savings, capital-intensive technology investment, and heavy public debt keep real interest rates structurally higher
  2. Step 2 · Knock-onhigher real rates push 10-year government bond yields sharply higher across the US, France, Italy, the UK, and India
  3. Step 3 · Knock-onWithheld This step of the chain is withheld. The reason is set out in the notice above — a deliberate omission, not missing data.
  4. Step 4 · Knock-onIndian banks and NBFCs reprice floating-rate working-capital loans upward, raising the cost of credit for Indian SMEs
  5. Step 5 · Reaches youan Indian SME's interest expense rises, squeezing operating margin and reducing capacity to invest in inventory or expansion

The trigger is reported by the source below. The steps that follow are Branch²’s traced reasoning — how the shock could reach a business like yours, not a prediction.

Source: LiveMint — Economy

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