Gabriella: By raising interest rates, the government has induced people to borrow less money and ttherefore to spend less, thereby slowing the country' s economy  Ivan: I disagree with your analysis  The country' s economy is tied to the global economy  Whatever happens to the global economy also happens here, and the global economy has slowed
Ttherefore, the government' s action did not cause the economy' s slowdown
raising interest rates caused the country's economy to slow