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BumRushDaShow

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9. "Look at inflation vs Fed rates over a 25 year period"

Reply to FredGarvin (Reply #7)

Sun Dec 28, 2025, 03:01 PM

2 hrs ago

I post some version of this often (this goes back to the '40s I think, to ~ the early 2020s) -

The last one I have archived -

(from July 2000 - May 2025... need to go save a more recent one when I get time, with the latest couple rate drops)

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Bank of America CEO says the market "will punish people if we don't have an independent Fed" [View all] BumRushDaShow 4 hrs ago OP

Take that as a warning of what's ahead bucolic_frolic 4 hrs ago #1

And make no mistake. Est. 40-50% of the est. 65 trillion with a T, dollar market is in retirement funds i.e. 401k's Cheezoholic 3 hrs ago #2

Low interest rates FredGarvin 3 hrs ago #3

Because the credit card companies BumRushDaShow 3 hrs ago #4

The Fed opened up the discount window for banks at massively discounted rates FredGarvin 2 hrs ago #5

And those banks (that run the credit cards) BumRushDaShow 2 hrs ago #8

Bank of America CEO is right on this. mwooldri 2 hrs ago #6

Look at inflation vs Fed rates over a 25 year period FredGarvin 2 hrs ago #7

"Look at inflation vs Fed rates over a 25 year period" BumRushDaShow 2 hrs ago #9

I remember getting 10% on savings back in 1980 when I was a kid FredGarvin 1 hr ago #10

That was the "print more money" era BumRushDaShow 1 hr ago #11

The invisible hand of the free market should not be replaced by the tiny hand of Trump. n/t Beartracks 30 min ago #12