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To: icwhatudo
If interest rates go down, people with ARMs and others can refi to lower rates thus bankruptcy goes down right?

No. Home loan rates are typically based on the 10-year bond rate not this "overnight" Federal Reserve rate. This 10-year rate has been let's say 4.5% +/- 0.1% for some number of months, including the time of both of these rate cuts (which totaled 0.75%). It sure hasn't dropped 0.75% since the first Fed rate cut on September 18:

The most charitable I could offer is that maybe some people can get a loan for 0.25% less than they could have before the rate cuts. That's maybe $50 a month on a $400K loan at let's say 6%. That's not going to be that much of a difference on a $3000/month total house payment.

Car loan rates are affected even less by any Fed action. And redit card rates are completely independent of any other interest rate in the U.S. -- they simply go up, period.

These breathlessly-awaited "rate cuts" are the Big Lie of Wall Street. It ain't doing squat for individuals.

20 posted on 11/08/2007 6:46:32 AM PST by jiggyboy (Ten per cent of poll respondents are either lying or insane)
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To: jiggyboy; icwhatudo
oops, here's that 10-year graph:


22 posted on 11/08/2007 6:47:58 AM PST by jiggyboy (Ten per cent of poll respondents are either lying or insane)
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To: jiggyboy; RegulatorCountry

Thanks for the info, this stuff can be confusing.


31 posted on 11/08/2007 6:54:22 AM PST by icwhatudo (The rino borg...is resistance futile?)
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