History says, don't hope
On this side of the grave.
But then, once in a lifetime
The longed-for tidal wave
Of justice can rise up,
And hope and history rhyme.
Seamus Heaney
'Raising rates' and 'tightening' looks more like offshoring and a shift change at the central banks' print shop.
Game of Swaps.
And in the second chart, the history of empire is starting to look choiceless and 'rhyme-y.'
Hope and change. Change was led down a blind alley and strangled, and hope is on a bus out of town.
