Interest rate hikes

Control inflation and crash the stock and housing market or let inflation run wild and make stock and housing market go up even more?

Doesn't matter. There is no avoiding the inevitable currency collapse.

Somewhere in between.

Yeah, but it is possible to postpone it to after 2020.
Trump would be wise to do so.

just let me sell my god damned condo this spring ffs... I have to get out of here with max cash.. hold that bubble till I get out you greedy kikes!

You realize that would also cause $6/gallon gas?

oldfag here.

have strong memories of the inflation of the mid to late 70's. in all seriousness.......we can't let that happen again.

Which is why I said the solution is somewhere in between.
Tax reform did give corporations a big tax break, so the effects of raising wages won't trigger a stock market crash and a recession this year yet, even with a substantial increase in interest rate.

>inevitable
Could you explain it more deeply?

Also, a good alternative would be to slow down spending a little bit.

You ain't seen nothing yet, old-timer.

Virtually every country is in heavy and constantly climbing debt. Every country is constantly inflating their currency. All currencies are backed by nothing but consumer confidence. What do you think is more likely, that this is a sustainable system, or a ticking time bomb?

I actually need to do this too, I don't live there anyways... (((they))) took my drivers license away because of conflict with a cop that did something illegal... long story. I can't get around where my flat is, so... I have just have to get rid of it

that's a lot of money being used if you aren't even living there and haven't for years now you know, and then if it comes crashing down on top of it, well then it really sucks. No point hodling a flat for 15 years either if you can't even fucking live there or rent it out

U.S. had a huge federal budget surplus until Dubya decided to blow it all then borrow trillions on top for tax cuts and Iraq War.

Don't forget the 20 trillion debt. Going to be spending a lot of money paying interest when you have to raise rates to fight inflation and if you don't government will cost more to run anyway. Interesting times.

You don't know how debt works.

No joke, can you describe some the price action you saw?

>huge federal budget surplus
True. But it was for only 4 years, prior to Iraq. The last time there was a surplus before that was 1969. A few years of surplus don't cancel out decades of deficit.

Yes you are right. The currency known as Bitcoin is collapsing as we speak.

Interest payment increases when interest rate goes up. More of tax revenue has to be spent paying government bold holders interest, so there's less to be spent for public services and projects.

>Bitcoin
>currency
qeq

Interest rates pretty much have to go up and fed will. Don't know yet if all the trump stuff will be enough to offset.

Yes and to clarify the other part of my post. Inflation would increase the cost of running government anyway. Both inflation and increased rates will lead to larger deficits as one increases the amount of interest repayments and the other increases the cost of running government.

The Trump stuff is going to cause inflationary pressures and the hope is that revenue will keep up or outpace inflation. It's a big gambit that would have been sound policy if it were not for the debt and other current economic realities. Corporate bonds are a problem too because of all the cheap money people have been accustomed to for so long. It's a re-hash of what was done in the 80s but a lot has changed since then. Go big or go home I guess.

tldr all the free money from 2008 to 2016 is going to have to be paid back, and some may not be able to

USofA will default and fire their nukes