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Central banks around the world had made a habit of preventing economies from getting into recessions by simply cutting interest rates the moment they had a slight whiff of the economy slowing down. This would lead to consumers going on a borrowing binge and buying things. And the economy would be up and running again. But this time around, this tried and tested formula has not worked.

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