psychothumbs@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agoDeflation Never Happens, Except Right Nownymag.comexternal-linkmessage-square66fedilinkarrow-up1113arrow-down117
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minus-squareLucidlethargy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·6 months agoThis is a weird take… Interest rates are at absurd rates right now.
minus-squarepaultimate14@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·6 months agohttps://www.macrotrends.net/2015/fed-funds-rate-historical-chart Only compared to recent prior rates. The full picture is that rates are final normalizing after being held absurdity low.
minus-squareGnomeBrolinkfedilinkarrow-up2·6 months agoFinally I can put money into the bank and it actually yields a return, but everyone wants to borrow money for free.
minus-squareGnomeBrolinkfedilinkarrow-up2·6 months agoFinally I can put money into the bank and it actually yields a return, but everyone wants to borrow money for free.
This is a weird take… Interest rates are at absurd rates right now.
https://www.macrotrends.net/2015/fed-funds-rate-historical-chart
Only compared to recent prior rates. The full picture is that rates are final normalizing after being held absurdity low.
Finally I can put money into the bank and it actually yields a return, but everyone wants to borrow money for free.
Finally I can put money into the bank and it actually yields a return, but everyone wants to borrow money for free.