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No that's not how it works in the typical case. Lenders set their interest rates based on expected future inflation rates over the term of the loan. Debts only really get eroded when interest rates are fixed and actual inflation greatly outpaces expected inflation. Like in the hyper inflation that occurred in Zimbabwe, Venezuela, Serbia, etc.


Interest rates for most debts are fixed. They are determined by supply and demand, much like any other price.


And the supply is based on expectation of future inflation.


Partially, yes.




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