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Räntan är högre nu, därför blir krisen allt svårare.

Räntan är högre nu, därför blir krisen allt svårare.
The interest rate is higher now, therefore the crisis is becoming increasingly difficult.
From Lesson 234:Continuous change (allt + comparative)·Swedish

Questions & Answers about Räntan är högre nu, därför blir krisen allt svårare.

How does allt change the meaning of svårare?
Adding allt before a comparative adjective is how Swedes express "increasingly" or "more and more." So allt svårare means "increasingly difficult" or "harder and harder." It emphasizes a continuous, ongoing change.
Could I use mer och mer svår instead of allt svårare?
Swedes strongly prefer using allt plus the comparative form (svårare) instead of translating "more and more" word-for-word. Using mer och mer svår sounds unnatural because svår has its own simple comparative form ending in -are.
Why is the word order därför blir krisen instead of därför krisen blir?
This is the V2 (verb-second) rule in action. Because the second clause starts with the adverb därför (therefore), the verb (blir) must immediately follow it in the second position, pushing the subject (krisen) to the third position.
Why use blir in the second clause instead of just är?
Blir means "becomes" or "is getting." Since the sentence describes a situation that is actively changing as time goes on, we need to use a verb of change like blir. If you used är, it would describe a static state, which clashes with the ongoing change implied by allt svårare.

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