@GhostOnTheHalfShell @economics-that-works
#Economics #PublicFinances
#US #EU #ConvergenceCriteria
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...because you have to pay ever more of your currency to repay the foreign debt. Also, imported goods become more expensive for the same reason (#ImportedInflation.)
In order to support your currency's external value, you need to increase national interest rates.
(And here, the #InternationalFisherEffect comes into play:
"The international Fisher effect...is a...