To respond to inflation by increasing interest rates would simply compound the difficulties of high prices with high unemployment and an even less competitive exchange rate. Direct interventions, restrictions on short-term capital inflows, capital-gains taxes, and stabilizing prudential banking regulations will all have to be considered.
此外，和世界上许多国家一样，毛里求斯对进口食品和能源导致的输入性通胀忧心不已。通过提高利率来应对通胀将直接使高物价，高失业率以及一个竞争力更弱的汇率状况更加恶化。对此政府直接干预，限制短期资金流入，资本利得税以及稳定谨慎的银行管制都必须考虑在内。