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To: SeekAndFind

Yeah, I remember getting 12% on a CD. Ah, the Carter days! Malaise out the ying yang.


3 posted on 03/26/2019 8:29:41 AM PDT by bk1000 (I stand with Trump)
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To: bk1000

I never could convince my then-70 year old Father in Law that 12% CD was really a money loser because inflation was roaring at 15%.


8 posted on 03/26/2019 8:35:15 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: bk1000
Yeah, I remember getting 12% on a CD. Ah, the Carter days! Malaise out the ying yang.

I was selling tax leveraged leases,in the late 70s, early 80s and the interest rates were any where from 15-25% APR and I had to get money on one deal from the Banc of Caracas, {we had to check it for white powder:).

71 posted on 03/26/2019 10:46:34 AM PDT by USS Alaska (Nuke all mooselimb terrorists, today.)
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