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To: TomGuy
Those 1/2 to 3/4 point FED interest increases are going to take a year or more to even show much of an impact on inflation.

Those interest rate increases will have no effect on inflation. Doesn't anybody remember the 70's and "stagflation".

The rise in interest rates is merely the central bankers protecting themselves. Because they can.

We are funding a very expensive war in the Ukraine on "borrowed" money, which is basically the same thing as "money created out of nothing" by the central banking system. The US Government spends about twice as much as it collects in taxes and effectively prints the rest. That is what drives inflation.

We have been able to export that and limit the effects on our economy because the US dollar has been the world's reserve currency for most of our lifetimes. That is not sure thing anymore. The main advantage we have is that other countries are doing an even worse job of managing their money supply.

The whole arrangement is coming apart now. The winners will be factions that can get control of productive people and protect them from the other more predatory factions. I do not believe that can be done any longer by clever manipulations of the financial system. And all the factions are predatory now.

13 posted on 09/11/2022 9:45:45 PM PDT by flamberge (Those who pose the greatest danger to you are living within five miles of you.)
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To: flamberge
They are attacking inflation with interest rates and a reduction in asset inflation. Home prices dropping, market reduction, etc. It's more than simple interest rates. This isn't the 70’s, it could be worse or better. We've been living beyond our means for decades, the chickens will come home to roost at some point.
22 posted on 09/11/2022 10:36:58 PM PDT by Theoria
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