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Re:The Fed Will Buy Bond ETFs Now by jb775 on Tuesday May 12, 2020 @05:00PM (#23159767)
Thanks....Is this setup still actively used? I'd think that the Loan payments are then made in the unit of account aspect would make it fairly obvious to consumers that their payments could increase suddenly.
Re:The Fed Will Buy Bond ETFs Now by aeyes on Tuesday May 12, 2020 @05:16PM (#23159968)
Yes, I live in a country were we have such a system but as far as I know there are some others with similar systems.

Loan payments increase every month, also some other services like insurances are charged this way. But of course your salary is paid in the local currency and doesn't get adjusted at all. The problem is that it is all we have access to, every loan in the country works this way. So there is not much the consumer can do, people want houses, people need to pay for college, people need a car.

In most countries inflation works in your favor, here it works in the banks favor.

Re:The Fed Will Buy Bond ETFs Now by jb775 on Tuesday May 12, 2020 @11:26PM (#23163161)
Wow that doesn't seem very fair unless the banks themselves are exposed to major risks, mind saying which country?

On the other hand, sounds like a possible major opportunity if you provide a solution that is better for the people.

Re:The Fed Will Buy Bond ETFs Now by aeyes on Wednesday May 13, 2020 @02:52PM (#23170313)
Chile

Regulations probably prohibit anything else but I haven't looked into it.