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Re:Does QE Cause Wealth Inequality? by gruez on Tuesday November 16, 2021 @02:49PM (#29245532)
>The Treasury sells savings bonds that are at 7.12% right now.

source? yields top out at 2.05% right now. https://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/data-chart-center/i...

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Re:Does QE Cause Wealth Inequality? by criddell on Tuesday November 16, 2021 @03:13PM (#29245820)
https://treasurydirect.gov/indiv/research/indepth/ibonds/res...
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Re:Does QE Cause Wealth Inequality? by hackingforfun on Tuesday November 16, 2021 @03:23PM (#29245922)
This is good to know. I wasn't aware of this website. However, you can't live off of 7.12% on a limit of $10k electronic bonds.

I do wish savings accounts still had high interest rates and there wasn't so much incentive to invest in riskier assets like stocks.

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