Inflation keeps knocking,
interest rates answer the door.

Bonds climb higher,
while stocks step back
and count the cost.

Governments borrow,
markets listen.

Every percentage point
becomes another weight
in the traveller’s bag.

The world keeps moving,
but money walks carefully,
looking for a safer road.

And somewhere between
rising prices and falling shares,
the market whispers:

Patience.
The road ahead
is still being written.