Re:Summers: Inflation Reached 18% in 2022 Using the Governme...
by mrep on Sunday April 14, 2024 @12:19PM
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Your standard office worker probably refinanced their mortgage at ~3% and is now laughing their way to the bank as their debt inflates away so they probably are profiting from it. I know I am.
Your standard retiree on the other hand who holds a lot of bonds that got absolutely hammered by inflation and rising interest rates is not doing so well.
Re:Summers: Inflation Reached 18% in 2022 Using the Governme...
by lupire on Sunday April 14, 2024 @01:52PM
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That 3% rate was plowed into a property whose price was inflated by exactly the amount that the 3% rate discounted the cost of money.
Re:Summers: Inflation Reached 18% in 2022 Using the Governme...
by starfleet_bop on Sunday April 14, 2024 @01:22PM
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That only works if you’re income rises faster than inflation, otherwise the relative amount of debt either remains the same or even increases.
Re:Summers: Inflation Reached 18% in 2022 Using the Governme...
by s1artibartfast on Sunday April 14, 2024 @07:02PM
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Investment income absolutely has
Re:Summers: Inflation Reached 18% in 2022 Using the Governme...
by Ferret7446 on Sunday April 14, 2024 @10:44PM
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The only party "profiting" from inflation is the government which controls the money supply. If you keep the money supply constant, no one profits from inflation; inflation merely reflects supply and demand of the constant money supply vs all other goods and services on the market. Inflation does not reflect capital that is accumulated and taken off the market.
What class has shown absolutely insane growth in wealth and income in the face of what looks like crippling inflation?