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They're Richer Than Ever in the Land of Negative Interest Rates
« on: February 26, 2018, 11:43:36 AM »
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After more than half a decade of negative interest rates, rising property values in Denmark have left the average family with net assets of 1.9 million kroner ($314,000), according to the latest report on household wealth.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-02-26/they-re-richer-than-ever-in-the-land-of-negative-interest-rates


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Re: They're Richer Than Ever in the Land of Negative Interest Rates
« Reply #1 on: February 26, 2018, 02:59:07 PM »
>Land of Negative Interest Rates

It ain't ever gonna happen here.

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Re: They're Richer Than Ever in the Land of Negative Interest Rates
« Reply #2 on: February 26, 2018, 07:41:57 PM »
>It ain't ever gonna happen here.

THANK GOD
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Re: They're Richer Than Ever in the Land of Negative Interest Rates
« Reply #3 on: March 01, 2018, 09:04:22 PM »
>It ain't ever gonna happen here.

You sure?

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Re: They're Richer Than Ever in the Land of Negative Interest Rates
« Reply #4 on: April 17, 2018, 02:47:46 PM »
>You sure?

Pretty much.

Borrowers Fear Higher Financing Costs as US Debt Balloons

https://commercialobserver.com/2018/04/higher-financing-costs-us-debt-balloons/

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Re: They're Richer Than Ever in the Land of Negative Interest Rates
« Reply #5 on: April 17, 2018, 03:12:06 PM »
Simple BUT Painful  :o

60% spending cuts and 40% tax increases


Our political leaders can stop looking for the easy way out and instead focus on the size and scope of the government, military spending, entitlements and tax reform.
We can eliminate our federal debt by 2030.
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Re: They're Richer Than Ever in the Land of Negative Interest Rates
« Reply #6 on: April 17, 2018, 04:20:25 PM »
So many US politicians will preach about fiscal responsibility and then do the exact opposite when given the opportunity.

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Re: They're Richer Than Ever in the Land of Negative Interest Rates
« Reply #7 on: April 24, 2018, 05:43:08 AM »
We can eliminate our federal debt by 2030.
As long as we live in a fractional reserve world & money is backed by debt, one can't eliminate the federal debt without shrinking the money supply & causing a massive depression.

They'd need to issue/print money directly into circulation rather than printing debt bonds for a massive debt repayment to not cause a deflationary spiral that ends up in depression.

Also, as the world's reserve currency, the international monetary system implodes if the US runs a long-lasting surplus on the international trade & government balance fronts.

Probably the best way to bring things into a more stable trajectory would be enforcing the anti trust laws in the healthcare industry (kills the pension crisis & spiraling health care costs, which makes domestic economy more competitive internationally by lifting a tithing spent toward subsidizing health scams off of labor) along with shifting some portion away from an income tax to a VAT (going with a VAT would tax both domestic & foreign labor whereas income tax only hits domestic labor).

So many US politicians will preach about fiscal responsibility and then do the exact opposite when given the opportunity.
Excessive debt growth = fast economic growth = strong economy = get reelected.

Espoused "fiscal responsibility" by the party not in power is trying to ensure debt grows slowly when the other party is in power.


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Re: They're Richer Than Ever in the Land of Negative Interest Rates
« Reply #9 on: January 22, 2020, 11:36:58 AM »
Yeah, we're closing in on a housing bubble as prices are increasing extremely fast - mainly due to the low cost financing options. Eg. a 30 year house loan with repayments is down to 1-1,5% now. It's absolutely crazy. I'm not sure it's an entirely good thing..

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Re: They're Richer Than Ever in the Land of Negative Interest Rates
« Reply #10 on: January 22, 2020, 01:50:14 PM »
> not sure it's an entirely good thing

Remember the recent thread about US "household formation" ??
Remember the recent threads about US "record debt" ??

Debbie can't decide if we're propping up the economy or purposely milking the UNwealthy masses --or both.

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Re: They're Richer Than Ever in the Land of Negative Interest Rates
« Reply #11 on: January 27, 2020, 10:30:02 AM »
"Danes have lived with subzero rates longer than anyone else, after the central bank resorted to the policy in 2012 to defend its currency peg. But according to the country’s financial watchdog, it’s only now that the real cost of the regime will make itself felt.

In fact, the Danish Financial Supervisory Authority says the worst is yet to come."

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/banks-head-darkest-phase-nordic-050000832.html
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