one thing is for sure: pent up government national debt is about to explode (government has been holding back revealing debts). each time the feds increases rares, the market value of the old government debts fall. market value of 3% government value will drop over 50% when feds raise rates to 7%. feds will increase rates to over 16%, crashing market value of long term government debt by over 70%. then government will buy back their debt on the open market. with inflated tax dollars. all democratic nations pull this scam on the people. yes. scams. that is what all democratic governments are. tax the people to pay for 'rally around the flag' propaganda. as the democratic governments scam the people.