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pobrecollie's avatar

I am in no way an expert in financial areas, but the fact that "emergency" low interest rates introduced in 2008 never got raised implied to me that we never actually fixed anything.

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2nd Smartest Guy in the World's avatar

the suppression and distortion of the price of money (interest rate) was critical in extracting real wealth and value from the system.

it was a manufactured "emergency" in order for the central banksters and their owners to loot that much harder.

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Fast Eddy's avatar

But they did -- they offset the impact of the increasing price of oil (which reaching $147 per barrel). Lower interest rates make stuff more affordable.

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