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Chinese real estate bubble has already popped.
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Chinese real estate bubble has already popped.
There's a certain level of historical illiteracy involved in the breathless reporting about current interest rates. The last 15 years have been a massive outlier, compared to the historical norm. Interest reached nearly 15% in 1990 (14.88%, in fact, because clown world works backwards as well as forwards) and were stuck somewhere between 4% and 6% for most of the 90s and 2000s. UK interest rates spent most of their time north of 12% in the 80s, when the economy was booming. Near-zero interest rates over the last decade are an artificially maintained condition by governments and central banks, in an attempt to juice up the property market and simulate the appearance of economic growth. Much of the world has a similar interest rate progression over the same period, for the the same reasons.
The rates themselves are lower, but the amount of leverage is significantly higher that it used to be. It's like boomers saying they put themselves through college - both the cost and amount earned don't equate to what's happening today.Pointing to what is effectively a return to the norm and calling it strange is, to be frank, stupid.
China is reporting deflation. .3% in July, 4.4% on the year.
Who’s calling it strange? It’s not strange, it’s a disaster. Even if something is cyclical, it’s still bad and hurts people.There's a certain level of historical illiteracy involved in the breathless reporting about current interest rates. The last 15 years have been a massive outlier, compared to the historical norm. Interest reached nearly 15% in 1990 (14.88%, in fact, because clown world works backwards as well as forwards) and were stuck somewhere between 4% and 6% for most of the 90s and 2000s. UK interest rates spent most of their time north of 12% in the 80s, when the economy was booming. Near-zero interest rates over the last decade are an artificially maintained condition by governments and central banks, in an attempt to juice up the property market and simulate the appearance of economic growth. Much of the world has a similar interest rate progression over the same period, for the the same reasons.
Pointing to what is effectively a return to the norm and calling it strange is, to be frank, stupid.
The business cycle is cooked into all economic models, and there's no getting around it besides inventing something impossible like a perpetual motion machine or a functioning communist economy.Who’s calling it strange? It’s not strange, it’s a disaster. Even if something is cyclical, it’s still bad and hurts people.
Keynesian economics is gay. 0% interest rates and high growth forever is way cooler and better for everyone.
The Problem is that if you wanted to gather together a list of "More Corrupt Fuckers than the US" I think the BRICS might actually be the 5 best candidates you could pick. Do you really Trust Russia and China to REALLY keep enough Gold on Hand to be the World's Reserve Currency and not cook to books?That's why China is so hellbent on BRIC. They want to get out of US currency debt scheme that benefits only US....literally...
Well no, but we don't have that right now either.Do you really Trust Russia and China to REALLY keep enough Gold on Hand to be the World's Reserve Currency and not cook to books?
Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't France call our gold-backed bluff at one point by threatening to cash in all of their bonds at once back in the middle of last century? It came up in convo with a co-worker one night while he was trying to explain the utter circus of our economy to a retarded robot that can't get past the idea of "don't spend money you don't have".Well no, but we don't have that right now either.
The thing is we know both Russia and China are increasing their gold stockpiles because their gold imports are tracked and reflected on market prices for gold. Just search "Russia/China increases gold stockpile" and there's a ton of hits from the past two years.The Problem is that if you wanted to gather together a list of "More Corrupt Fuckers than the US" I think the BRICS might actually be the 5 best candidates you could pick. Do you really Trust Russia and China to REALLY keep enough Gold on Hand to be the World's Reserve Currency and not cook to books?
Same thing in the EU and UK as the US. All these leeches moving in for free shit.
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Lol, totally worth it to own Putler though, right guys?
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