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The fed just raised interest rates by .25%
padington
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The world may have entered a new paradigm period. What will it be known as ?
1945 - End of German fascism
1989 - End Of soviet communism
2001 - Beginging of Islamic fascism
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1945 - End of German fascism
1989 - End Of soviet communism
2001 - Beginging of Islamic fascism
2016 -
Proudly voted remain. A global union of countries is the only way to commit global capital to the rule of law.
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Further 3 rises next year, according to Guardian.Replenished CRA Reports.2020 Nissan Leaf 128-149 miles top charge. Savings depleted. VM Stream tv M250 Volted to M350 then M500 since returned to 1gb0
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-End of the age of the debt junkie?0
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Let's Make America save again!
We just need something similar in the UK although I think Carney will need to be dragged out of Threadneedle Street in a straitjacket before he agrees to put up UK base rates. He has never ever increase rates in all his years as a central banker here or in Canada.0 -
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Agree with the first part.Thrugelmir wrote: »First green shoots of normality. When the US acts. The world follows.
Have often heard the second part but not sure what the logic is?I think....0 -
Agree with the first part.
Have often heard the second part but not sure what the logic is?
US dollar is the world's major trading currency. Many countries peg their own currencies against the greenback. If the US is paying more to borrow money then it will force others to monitor their interest rates as well.
Take a look at the impact of the f/ex markets .
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business/market_data/currency/12/13/default.stm0 -
If you have borrowings in usd then it is an issue, if you have had below target inflation for several years and a debt problem you are struggling to inflate away and no internal supply constraints pushing costs then I would have thought there is no need to follow the us?Thrugelmir wrote: »US dollar is the world's major trading currency. Many countries peg their own currencies against the greenback. If the US is paying more to borrow money then it will force others to monitor their interest rates as well.
Take a look at the impact of the f/ex markets .
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business/market_data/currency/12/13/default.stmI think....0 -
Very likely the beginning of the end of Wood Green daft asking prices....0
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Well, let's be honest. They really need a few points up in the bag, to be able to take it a few points back down again, in the next financial crisis.
There is a pleasure in the pathless woods, There is a rapture on the lonely shore, There is society, where none intrudes, By the deep sea, and music in its roar: I love not man the less, but Nature more...0
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