US Fed raises interest rates AGAIN

[riddler 0]

This graphic is very telling. Over 2 full percentage points in one year. For me personally, this means my HELOC has increased $100 per month in interest since January.

What's the story? Is the economy better now that it was pre-dot-crash? I know financially I'm not better off than I was 4.5 years ago.

Or is the US government needing more cash to support its hobbies?

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[kallend 1,679]

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This graphic is very telling. Over 2 full percentage points in one year. For me personally, this means my HELOC has increased $100 per month in interest since January.

What's the story? Is the economy better now that it was pre-dot-crash? I know financially I'm not better off than I was 4.5 years ago.

Or is the US government needing more cash to support its hobbies?

Heretic! Being the largest debtor nation in history is a clear sign that the Administration's economic policies are working.

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[kelpdiver 2]

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This graphic is very telling. Over 2 full percentage points in one year. For me personally, this means my HELOC has increased $100 per month in interest since January.

You didn't expect it to sit at 1% forever, did you?

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You didn't expect it to sit at 1% forever, did you?

No, and I didn't expect it to increase in one year the same amount as it decreased in over three years. Besides, it was never at 1. Additionally, the real interest rates that we all pay are prime PLUS whatever the financing companies add. 4% fed = 7-8% for most end consumers. Has your salary increased by 8% this year?

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[SpeedRacer 1]

weird. so why do I keep getting all these letters in my mail telling me to re-finance my mortgage, 'cause "rates have never been lower!!"?

Then when I talk to a rep on the phone, and tell her the % rate I got when I refinanced back in 2003, she says, uh, well never mind.

WTF is up with that?

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[bob.dino 0]

The USD has been weak for a long time. This correction was always going to happen. But yeah, it was a little on the quick side.

[Diezel 0]

They just don't want you to spend as much. That's what driving inflation. They want you to keep you money at the bank at the higher interest rate. That's all to it. It has nothing to do with thier 'hobbies'.

[JohnRich 4]

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This graphic is very telling. Over 2 full percentage points in one year. For me personally, this means my HELOC has increased $100 per month in interest since January.

You don't know how good you've got it, sonny boy.

For a little perspective, you need a longer term historical chart, like the one I've attached below.

Quit your bitching, and be happy that Jimmy Carter isn't President.

[kelpdiver 2]

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You didn't expect it to sit at 1% forever, did you?

No, and I didn't expect it to increase in one year the same amount as it decreased in over three years. Besides, it was never at 1.

Your own citation shows it at 1%. And thanks, John, for finding a graphic that shows that the 'spike' we have now is still lower than it's been in decades.

You do understand what happens when money is too cheap, no? You should also have known that loans based on it would go up.

[purnell 0]

You can add at least two more hikes to your graphic...the markets are pricing in an almost 100% certainty of another 50bps in hikes. The Fed would almost certainly like to err on the side of overshooting a neutral rate.

Nonetheless, rates, especially long term rates, remain at fairly historic lows.

[rehmwa 2]

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Quit your bitching, and be happy that Jimmy Carter isn't President.

Finally a statement in SC that everybody can support.

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[JohnRich 4]

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Quit your bitching, and be happy that Jimmy Carter isn't President.

Finally a statement in SC that everybody can support.

There's bound to be someone out there that thought he did a good job...

I just find it extremely amusing that someone here is bitching about interest rates in the 5% range.

I financed my first car at 17%, and bought my first home at 12%. Heck, 5% is heaven!

Spoiled brats.

[purnell 0]

It's hard to concentrate on sound fiscal policy when you find yourself facing killer bunnies:

http://www.newsoftheodd.com/article1021.html

Ah, the good 'ole days...double digit interest rates, rampant inflation, and killer rabbits.

[Sen.Blutarsky 0]

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Ah, the good 'ole days...double digit interest rates, rampant inflation, and killer rabbits.

We still have "Death to America" and "The Great Satan" with us lest we forget those days. I heard the leisure suit almost made a come back a few years ago


Blutarsky 2008. No Prisoners!

[kelpdiver 2]

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There's bound to be someone out there that thought he did a good job...

He did keep spending under control. A recession coupled with the oil shock might not have been the best time for such restraint.

Reaganomics didn't improve the situation much until the second term.

But yeah, I can't even fathom those sort of interest rates. I'd buy all the 30 years I could. I guess we're still paying for them for another few years.

[kallend 1,679]

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There's bound to be someone out there that thought he did a good job...

He did keep spending under control. A recession coupled with the oil shock might not have been the best time for such restraint.

Reaganomics didn't improve the situation much until the second term.

But yeah, I can't even fathom those sort of interest rates. I'd buy all the 30 years I could. I guess we're still paying for them for another few years.

Ah, Reagan. USA took 200 years to go the first $1 Trillion in debt, then Reagan added another $ Trillion in 3 years.

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