It could potentially be the final straw, no doubt. However, by prolonging the agony they're doing everyone a major disservice and a much steeper and worse correction will occur later. Like hyperinflation and bread lines. If the economy is already sick, we can't keep giving it the same exacts drugs that have made it sick, we need to detox the economy just like a drug user needs to detox. The detox is raising rates and stopping the printing and inflation.