It's not the deep state.

The demand by the consumptive members of society has become more than the productive members of society can supply.

December 13th, 2017

"The Federal Reserve raised interest rates for the third time in 2017 on Wednesday, referencing an improving economy and labor market."

"At the conclusion of the Federal Open Market Committee's two-day meeting, policymakers hiked the benchmark interest rate 25 basis points to between 1.25% and 1.5%."

The FED raised rates last year the same amount.