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How Monetary Policy Undermined American Resilience

A legacy of artificially low interest rates is not just the death of savings, but a forced buying into the perpetual growth machine of financial asset prices.

Güncellendi 14 Eyl 2021 öö 9:54 Yayınlandı 10 Eyl 2020 ös 7:00 1 min readAI tarafından çevrildi
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A legacy of artificially low interest rates is not just the death of savings, but a forced buying into the perpetual growth machine of financial asset prices.

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This episode is sponsored by Crypto.comBitstamp and Nexo.io.

Today on the Brief:

  • Jobless claims slightly exceed expectations at 884,000
  • ECB keeps policy unchained; euro rises versus dollar
  • Survey: What’s the right way to understand the business and market cycle in the U.S. today?

Our main discussion: interest rates and the undermining of American resilience.

In this discussion, NLW looks at a number of artifacts of the low interest rate world, including:

  • Increasing cost of child care
  • Declining share of total net worth held by bottom 50%
  • New startups using lottery tactics to incentivize savers

See also: ‘Absolute Raging Mania’: Famed Investor Druckenmiller Thinks 10% Inflation Is Possible

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Note: The views expressed in this column are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of CoinDesk, Inc. or its owners and affiliates.

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