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Re:Inflation is a disease (1978) [video] by WalterBright on Sunday March 20, 2022 @02:07PM (#30745030)
> reduces debt burdens

Not really, because inflation causes interest rates to go up correspondingly.

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Re:Inflation is a disease (1978) [video] by gizmo686 on Sunday March 20, 2022 @02:12PM (#30745079)
Which is not relevant to most consumer debt, where the interest rate is set at the start and locked in for the life of the loan.
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Re:Inflation is a disease (1978) [video] by loeg on Sunday March 20, 2022 @11:46PM (#30749988)
Quite a lot of consumer debt is variable rate (credit cards, ARMs, ...), or nominally fixed rate, but rolls over somewhat frequently (car loans, mortgages as people move or refinance, pay later spending, etc).
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Re:Inflation is a disease (1978) [video] by WalterBright on Sunday March 20, 2022 @04:18PM (#30746198)
Fixed rate debts interest are set to accommodate the current inflation rate plus higher values to accommodate the risk of inflation increasing.

Lenders are not fools when it comes to inflation.

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