Higher market interest rates will undoubtedly act as a drag on household spending and business investment, offsetting some of the temporary boost from fiscal stimulus. We expect that will eventually prompt a marked slowdown in GDP growth, albeit probably not until next year. But we are not concerned that higher rates will trigger a wave of debt defaults as we saw a decade ago during the financial crisis.
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