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I would account artificially low interest rates as being way for the rich to get richer. If inflation is high guess who has to borrow money? Thats right people who aren't increasing their income as fast as inflation and can't (or won't) lower their means. They borrow money. They pay it back, albiet at low interest but if interest rates were high they wouldn't have borrowed in the first place. The rich get richer.