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How Long (Will Interest Rates Stay Low)? Lyrics by Merle Hazard

Tough Market

2016

[Chorus]
How long (How long) will interest rates stay low?
That’s the question, the whole world wants to know
How long (How long) will interest rates stay low?
It seems like if they’re going up, they’re going pretty slow
[Verse 1]
Our country’s central bank is really scared, that’s plain to see
When everything is leveraged, raising rates is misery
But keeping rates too low, too long, would cause us pain and sorrow
There is no easy option in a land of constant borrow
[Chorus]
How long (How long) will interest rates stay low?
That’s the question, the whole world wants to know
How long (How long) will borrowing be free?
How long will we be subsidized by savers and retirees?
[Verse 2]
Central banks around the world, not only in the States
Are each at work on lengthy slumps, their countries’ tragic fates
Legislatures will not spend to give sufficient boost
Lower interest rates are all that’s left to get their countries juiced
[Chorus]
How long (How long) will interest rates stay low?
If you could predict it, you could make a lot of dough
How long (How long) will interest rates stay depressed?
The answer...is anybody’s guess
[Verse 3]
Some say low rates are symptomatic, rather than the cure
I have a hunch they're right. I can’t say I am sure
But recovery has been long and slow, the crisis wounds are deep
So until we see inflation, money’s likely to be cheap
[Instrumental Break]
[Verse 4]
Capital’s abundant, money’s not in short supply
China holds our Treas’ry bonds, although I wonder why
Start-ups happen in the cloud, few people are employed
If something could push rates back up, I’d be overjoyed
[Chorus]
How long (How long) will interest rates stay low?
That’s the question, the whole world wants to know
How long (How long) ‘til we really start to grow?
Interest rates are goin’ up, but they’re go-in'… pret-ty… slow…
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Merle Hazard

Merle Hazard

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