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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Every morning on NPR Maureen McCallister talks
about the impending interest rate hike to ward off inflation.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Are there any studies correlating inflation with
growth/contraction? Are there limits, above which, inflation causes
contraction?</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>