How High Interest Rates Upended the Economy

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  • Опубликовано: 17 янв 2025

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  • @Peterl4290
    @Peterl4290 28 дней назад +127

    High interest rate causes house market declining, less people are buying houses. more empty comericial buildings are converted into residential condos wich results in rental declining.After covid, more people are working at home, artificial intelligence technology has eliminated many office jobs, and commercial buildings are vacant and converted into apartments.

    • @larrypaul-cw9nk
      @larrypaul-cw9nk 28 дней назад +3

      With rates climbing like never before in ’23 coupled with uncontrollable inflation, and our own mortgage at now 7.5% what are the best alternatives/strategies for avoiding a crunch and maximize my $200k savings other than moving in to an RV with my two kids and wife.

    • @Mrshuster
      @Mrshuster 28 дней назад +1

      You are not alone we can no longer afford our mortgage, husband wants us to travel or relocate/I am proposing cashing in, walking away and renting while putting the rest in the stock market.

    • @jerrycampbell-ut9yf
      @jerrycampbell-ut9yf 28 дней назад

      I believe that for the market to normalize, there must be a minimum 40% decline in home prices. It is advisable that you get advice for appropriate portfolio allocation from a knowledgeable advisor if you are unsure about purchasing a home. That's how I've managed to survive for the past five years and accumulate about $1 million in investment returns.

    • @sabastinenoah
      @sabastinenoah 28 дней назад +1

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      @jerrycampbell-ut9yf 28 дней назад +1

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  • @haute03
    @haute03 10 месяцев назад +180

    "While borrowing money has become more expensive, having money has become far more profitable." And so it goes.

    • @penultimateh766
      @penultimateh766 10 месяцев назад +5

      So get a job and get some money.

    • @dragonite87
      @dragonite87 10 месяцев назад +13

      ​@penultimateh766 Former Australian treasurer Joe Hockey told struggling young people (who can't afford a house) to get a good job that pays good money.
      He also said that the poorest people either don't have cars or don't drive very far.
      I'm not making this up.

    • @penultimateh766
      @penultimateh766 10 месяцев назад +6

      @@dragonite87 Why should young people have a house? I rented until 35.

    • @lberhold
      @lberhold 10 месяцев назад +1

      While that is partially correct, it isn't actually correct. Most people have their net worth tied up in assets, and many people misunderstand the difference between net worth and money when looking at others. Higher interest rates benefit wealth distribution because it makes assets more attainable in the long-term.

    • @rateater1857
      @rateater1857 10 месяцев назад

      @@penultimateh766 bc we want young people to have kids. No one but degenerates are going to breed while renting out a small flat with constant risk of your landlord doubling the price to pay off his own mortgage.

  • @prettypic444
    @prettypic444 10 месяцев назад +55

    It's almost like this "good" economy only benefits the people who were already wealthy and screwed over anyone who actually at risk. I think it's LONG past time we stopped only looking at raw metrics and instead looked at how everyday people are affected

  • @JosephDickson
    @JosephDickson 10 месяцев назад +40

    2007 I bought my home at the peak of the market at a high interest rate, then the crash, then a HARP refinance. For over a decade I somehow made it work. Then, interest rates get below 3% and I refinance. It's friggin crazy I'm finally feeling like my home was worth over a decade of stress.

    • @amdl270
      @amdl270 10 месяцев назад +2

      At least you have a house. Young people can’t afford housing without nepo benefits

  • @0_1_2
    @0_1_2 10 месяцев назад +105

    The economic landscape wasn’t as dramatic of a change as when mustache man Phil turned into Mr.Brightside
    🎸

    • @juscallmeehx
      @juscallmeehx 10 месяцев назад +10

      I miss his mustache lol.

  • @calebhermann
    @calebhermann 10 месяцев назад +61

    Love your videos. PBS for Adults but the way I felt when I was a kid.

  • @Iffy50
    @Iffy50 10 месяцев назад +38

    The home buying sideline is huge. It will be interesting to see what happens to already high home prices when the rates drop a couple percent.

    • @AK-jt9gx
      @AK-jt9gx 10 месяцев назад +3

      The fact that you use the word “interesting” reveals that you already have a home.
      Those of us in our 20s might use “terrifying”.

    • @KN-cool
      @KN-cool 9 месяцев назад +1

      ​@@AK-jt9gxlol living in a war zone is terrifying get some perspective 😂😂😂

    • @AK-jt9gx
      @AK-jt9gx 9 месяцев назад

      @@KN-cool I agree that I used an overly strong word. It was hyperbole. But “interesting” certainly doesn’t cover it. There *is* an element of serious fear regarding having to live “on the edge” financially for multiple decades of our lives due to this housing crisis. You want to critique my word choice, fine. But don’t get to tell us it’s not unfair and scary that because of older generations’ greed, we’re going to live in the hardest generation ever to find housing while we’re taxed to pay for their end-of-life care.

    • @KN-cool
      @KN-cool 9 месяцев назад

      @@AK-jt9gx i didnt say it wasn't unfair

  • @Stanleee-8
    @Stanleee-8 5 дней назад +6

    Because of high loan rates, the housing market is contracting and fewer individuals are purchasing homes. More vacant commercial buildings are being turned into residential condominiums, which lowers rental prices.Following COVID, more individuals are working from home, many office positions have been replaced by artificial intelligence, and business buildings have been demolished and turned into flats.

    • @Jillyshrum
      @Jillyshrum 5 дней назад +6

      What are the greatest options/strategies for avoiding a crunch and maximizing my $200k savings other than moving into an RV with my wife and two children, given that rates are rising at an unprecedented rate in 2023 and that inflation is out of control? Our personal mortgage is now at 7.5%.

    • @ImariJust
      @ImariJust 5 дней назад +5

      You are not alone we can no longer afford our mortgage, husband wants us to travel or relocate/I am proposing cashing in, walking away and renting while putting the rest in the stock market.

    • @Jeffcraparo
      @Jeffcraparo 5 дней назад +4

      I believe that for the market to normalize, there must be a minimum 40% decline in home prices. It is advisable that you get advice for appropriate portfolio allocation from a knowledgeable advisor if you are unsure about purchasing a home. That's how I've managed to survive for the past five years and accumulate about $1 million in investment returns.

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      @mamasgigglesquad 5 дней назад +4

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  • @micahbush5397
    @micahbush5397 10 месяцев назад +60

    I mean, just look up historic mortgage rates, over the past 50 years or so, and you'll quickly find that the rates of the last decade or so were abnormally low. It kind of reminds me of how I would see people post photos showing gas prices on the same day in 2020 and 2021 and imply that gas prices were low under Trump and skyrocketed under Biden, but they failed to consider that the low 2020 price was overwhelmingly due to low demand from the pandemic and a massive surge in supply from Saudi Arabia during its price war with Russia.

    • @scarpfish
      @scarpfish 10 месяцев назад +10

      Mortgage rates in the 1990s (supposedly the decade of greatest economic expansion in US history) were upwards of 8%, and towards the start of the decade were trending closer to 10%. My student loans were 8%. People forget that stuff relatively quickly.

    • @RecursiveDimension
      @RecursiveDimension 10 месяцев назад +9

      @@scarpfish It's natural to "forget" when you were a kid during those times. That's why financial education is key in high school. I'm very surprised it isn't a core subject that Juniors or Seniors have to take. I mean even at least one semester of it would do loads of good to students who might otherwise dig themselves in a hole that they spend the rest of their middle age trying to crawl out of.

    • @nowthatsfunny1
      @nowthatsfunny1 10 месяцев назад +7

      ​@scarpfish Yeah but prices were cheap in the 1990's. Gas was like 1.25. Minimum wage was 3.35. My first place 1 bedroom was 225. Car insurance was 25 a month. McDonald's was like 4.00. Nobody in 90's knew what inflation was. Now you can't make enough because information from technology has enabled people to manipulate things so quickly that the cycles are shorter now. Cycles being people's ability to "keep up with normal wages and their purchasing power." Back in 90's you could work 2 jobs and be considered 3 times richer than a normal person. Now a person has to work 4 forty hour jobs to just stay in a rental place with a old used car with no hope in site. I don't see things getting better due to how the age of technology has really screwed up things due to lightening fast transfer of information. I remember reading how computers do millions of stock trades per second to manipulate the stock market. Well that's just 1 example of "forgotten manipulation." But you get my point. Crime against humanity has become normal and people don't even realize it. Government is completely ignoring it.

    • @micahbush5397
      @micahbush5397 10 месяцев назад +3

      @@nowthatsfunny1 A person can't possibly work four 40-hour jobs; there are only 168 hours in a week.

    • @the_expidition427
      @the_expidition427 10 месяцев назад

      The workers know

  • @OneTwoThreeFour-j6w
    @OneTwoThreeFour-j6w 10 месяцев назад +51

    I'm still in the glass half empty side because a lot of the world is actually going through quite the crisis right now. It just so happens that USA's spending addiction is prolonging the issue of their finances and actually not coming up with plans on addressing the issue outright or at least start to pay off its own accumulated debt is making the issue bigger and when it strikes it would have massive implications. Just imagine if a citizen asked to prolong their current debt levels forever even when they're dead as the banks would laugh at you for that proposition but when any government does it the institutions lending the money or form the contract bat an eye and sign blindly.
    I'm also extremely annoyed at the disconnect at the stock market with the actual economy right now and argue they should be a reflection of each other and not be separate entities. This proves that the stock market isn't efficient at all and leverages trends and biases to keep inflating the bidding price of the stock price of certain assets and we're seeing how artificially this is done with leveraged option products. I will always mention that the government can fix this by creating standards on how money is created and what each unit should equate to with some unit of effort. But nope we continue to live through the subjective judgement of how rich people deserve their wealth and because of relaxed regulations without standards as long as you have a lot of money you can go "Rules for me and not for thee" basically.

    • @makeshiftplayer
      @makeshiftplayer 10 месяцев назад +7

      I 100% agree but remember the saying "the market will remain irrational longer than you can remain solvent"

    • @The_slowest_buuurn
      @The_slowest_buuurn 10 месяцев назад

      Spot on about America's spending addiction, we should have checked into the Betty Ford clinic for this habit a long time ago. Our modern "instant gratification" lifestyle, relentless ads/marketing urging us to spend, spend, spend, and services like Amazon, Temu etc. aren't exactly helping, either

  • @rtothec1234
    @rtothec1234 10 месяцев назад +23

    I like the Hannah Barbera sound effects.

  • @KTSpeedruns
    @KTSpeedruns 10 месяцев назад +3

    Don't leave out the fact that half of the inflation is due to corporate greed.
    You couldn't even be bothered to mention that housing is hard to buy because corporations and banks are buying them up with cash offers?

  • @NotShowingOff
    @NotShowingOff 10 месяцев назад +13

    The overheating of the economy was in fact due to monopolization of industrial sectors.
    The best way to stop this is to stop unfettered mergers. But that’s fiscal policy and legislation, which has stalled in the usa

  • @Blazewheat
    @Blazewheat 10 месяцев назад +2

    Credit Cards: maxed out
    Money in the bank: cashed out
    Mental health: crashed out

  • @Aaron-cy9vv
    @Aaron-cy9vv 10 месяцев назад +5

    Great video! I appreciate what you guys do 😊

  • @brookeherbert7755
    @brookeherbert7755 10 месяцев назад +2

    Thank you PBS and 2cents.
    Adults need simple financial and economical explanations. I love these short form videos with big information.

  • @zulhusni2828
    @zulhusni2828 10 месяцев назад +5

    Nice video!! Keep up the good work ✌🏻

  • @SimGunther
    @SimGunther 10 месяцев назад +1

    5:19 When land and dealing with "broken" zoning laws is the most expensive part of the gig, it's no wonder real estate folks would rather deal with existing homes that can be renovated for a flip rather than building a new house entirely.
    This is why no new homes will ever be built: the polimaticians that own multiple properties hate to see the value of their own real estate portfolio go down just for the sake of doing their jobs by making new homes.

  • @tienf6642
    @tienf6642 10 месяцев назад +7

    It's true. Price at Bob's Shop has gone up quit a bit.

  • @satoboy1
    @satoboy1 10 месяцев назад +7

    ❤ taking advantage of the high yield savings account 🎉

    • @youdontknowme5969
      @youdontknowme5969 10 месяцев назад +4

      Indeed! I'm throwing money into a Money Market fund that was at 5.5% the last I checked. Whereas my bank's savings account is *_still_* at 0.07% 🙄

    • @pawpatrolnews
      @pawpatrolnews 10 месяцев назад +5

      Short term treasury bonds are 🔥🔥🔥 too. No state and local income taxes on profit as well.

    • @weird-guy
      @weird-guy 10 месяцев назад +2

      You guys are lucky in America, here max they offered was 3,5% and took a long time for them to star offering that now is at 3% , some offers more but is for 3 months period or signing for a new/small bank bonus , my government helped banks by lowering interest rates on government bonds

  • @Gnomezonbacon
    @Gnomezonbacon 10 месяцев назад +7

    So glad I paid off all my debt last year and now I got a free road ahead. I feel like I dodged a CC debt bullet and I agree putting my cash in a high yield savings was a very smart move. I've made so much money off it I don't keep my savings at my local bank anymore. Just my spending and some bills and maybe saving up for a smallish purchase.

    • @penultimateh766
      @penultimateh766 10 месяцев назад

      So you're one of those evil rich people who are hoarding wealth and speculating off the rightful property of the masses.

  • @ertkong
    @ertkong 10 месяцев назад +10

    Great Video! Keep up the great work!

  • @jfjoubertquebec
    @jfjoubertquebec 10 месяцев назад +1

    Quick question about paying credit card debt.
    Let's say I have 5000$ debt on my credit card.
    My salary this week is 1000 dollars.
    Is it better to put the full 1000 dollars on the credit card ASAP. Or wait till the end of the month and pay what's left in my account.
    I figure I should wait because of the extra interest on cash advances.
    Or pay sooner so the interests don't run for the whole month.
    This is a complicated question for me! I'm not that smart!

  • @potapotapotapotapotapota
    @potapotapotapotapotapota 10 месяцев назад +1

    Thankyou for addressing the housing shortage but you never show how big of a problem it really is. COVID is nothing compared to the real estate crisis we've been dealing with the past 30 years. And clearly from your own video it's not high interest rates that upended the economy, but that high interest rates were a safeguard against an already upended economy.

  • @pongop
    @pongop 10 месяцев назад

    Great stuff! Thank you!

  • @Helen_white1
    @Helen_white1 10 месяцев назад +6

    Higher interest rates, concerns about a possible recession and instability in the banking system have plagued smaller stocks. I'm still at a crossroads deciding if to invest $400k on my stock portfolio. what’s the best way to take advantage of the market?

    • @Agatha.wayne0
      @Agatha.wayne0 10 месяцев назад +5

      If you're not who understands strategies to invest in the market, seek a Financial advisor to guide you.

    • @ben_dukeson
      @ben_dukeson 10 месяцев назад +5

      I completely agree. I have been consistent with my profit regardless of the market conditions. I got into the market early in 2019 and the constant downtrends and losses discouraged me, so I sold off. I got back in December 2020 and this time with guidance from an investment adviser who was recommended by a colleague

    • @Grace.h-t8o
      @Grace.h-t8o 10 месяцев назад +4

      That's impressive! I could really use the expertise of this advsors.

  • @Hotsauceonmy
    @Hotsauceonmy 10 месяцев назад +4

    The transformation for dude in accounting to John Frusciante is my favorite part of these videos

  • @dipro001
    @dipro001 10 месяцев назад +5

    3.2% still means prices are going up on top of already crazy price increases after covid. How are people actually expected to buy in the past rates when things are more than twice as expensive as they used to be?

  • @shauryr
    @shauryr 10 месяцев назад

    thank you for the video! i was waiting for this one

  • @TheDanEdwards
    @TheDanEdwards 10 месяцев назад +6

    0:33 "the government raised interest rates" - that's not accurate. The Federal Reserve is not "the government". This is not some sort of conspiracy mongering on my part, but I am perhaps being pedantic. Neither the Executive branch or Congress raised interest rates. Indeed, the last thing a government wants to have to do is pay higher interest on their debt. The Fed has somewhat of a quasi-government nature, but that is far from being the actual government of the US.

    • @amorphant
      @amorphant 10 месяцев назад +1

      I didn't know the federal reserve was a private entity. Did they win a contract to be able to act in the government's name? That seems like a pretty important omission on the part of this video.

    • @peterirvin7121
      @peterirvin7121 10 месяцев назад +2

      The Federal Reserve is managed by the executive branch and authorized / created by the legislative branch, so I'd say (correctly) that it is part of the Federal government...

  • @murphygreen8484
    @murphygreen8484 10 месяцев назад +1

    Being in WA, 70 in the summer is still warm! We try and not go below 65 on the AC, but it's hard

  • @mhoward181
    @mhoward181 10 месяцев назад +4

    Last time I checked C wasn’t something that controlled our economy lol. It’s ok I get it. Don’t blame the people in charge. Just assume it was one of those things.

  • @ryaj2356
    @ryaj2356 10 месяцев назад +16

    Interest rates aren’t high, it’s historically normal and still lower than the 70s 80s 90s and 2000s. And we are crying about interest rate but refuse to look at the prices???

    • @davidtrask410
      @davidtrask410 10 месяцев назад +1

      Exactly..under president Reagan I bought my first house at 18% and 30% capital gains tax..It's just the way it was. With Bush I bought a condo with good down payment and paid 7 3/4% then the real estate market crashed..Both Republicans..just saying

    • @WhoCares-ml9fg
      @WhoCares-ml9fg 8 месяцев назад

      ​@@davidtrask410 you bought a house at a high interest rate but the houses were in those times were actually affordable. Rn it's like if were paint 400% interest rate

    • @BP-ke5qs
      @BP-ke5qs 5 месяцев назад

      The two are tied together. The interest rates are currently high when you consider the price is high also. But the reason the prices are high is in part because interest rates have been kept low for so long. Another contributing factor is all the regulations limiting supply (to the benefit of current homeowners) along with the flood of invaders 👽

    • @ryaj2356
      @ryaj2356 5 месяцев назад

      @@BP-ke5qs oh, im aware of all that too. its bad.

  • @jamsbong
    @jamsbong 10 месяцев назад +2

    The folks who are at lowest of end income are the ones hurting the most.

  • @Esudao
    @Esudao 10 месяцев назад

    Really well researched and concise video. Currently in the process of looking for a home in the Netherlands. Prices dropped with the interest rate hike but are rising back now. Exciting!

  • @DeepaK-bz3ss
    @DeepaK-bz3ss 10 месяцев назад

    awesome job, super informative.

  • @atheoristspointofview7059
    @atheoristspointofview7059 10 месяцев назад +1

    4:00 small in terms of number or small in terms of total market share lol, obviously there's only a couple that dominate the whole thing

  • @jorgemiguelmilano1535
    @jorgemiguelmilano1535 10 месяцев назад

    1:31. Phil's "look at this graph moment"

  • @jonathanmontaluisa7950
    @jonathanmontaluisa7950 10 месяцев назад +1

    Hey nice video, however I believe it can be misleading. The current target of the FED is 2% which will not be able to achieved if interest rates go down. I believe a more complete picture will be to check on history and look at how long it took to get to a turning point instead of saying in 2024 interest rate may go down.

  • @makeshiftplayer
    @makeshiftplayer 10 месяцев назад +1

    Rates are not going to be cut. They can try but it won't be good.

  • @thomascharlton7325
    @thomascharlton7325 Месяц назад

    Inflation did go down when the fed raised rates. How and why this happened we probably don’t agree on.
    Secondly, this whole episode is actually about inflation so let me giver the correct lens to view this through.
    In economics simplifying things always helps. If we look at the antebellum U.S. the government began to convert as many of the greenback bills they had issued into real cash (gold) because they were circulating at a massive discount to the gold in bank vaults and people weren’t happy.
    This massive destruction of currency by the government caused a a decades long deflationary cycle. Lesson: inflation is caused by an expansion of the money supply. Almost nothing else affects inflation in the long run but government spending which is ultimately being monetized by the central bank through money printing.
    Thirdly, the inflation of the 1970’s was actually caused by us leaving the gold standard in 1971 and Saudi Arabia refusing to take our paper money anymore. Hence oil embargo!
    In the 1970’s we weren’t in nearly the amount of trouble we are in this time. Then we had a tiny government national debt, households had almost no bad debts and the country could afford and handle the downturn that was caused by 21% interest rates. This downturn could have been prevented if the fed hadn’t lowered interest rates in the decades before. Now we have massive debt, sluggish economy and a central bank who is not prepared to what actually needs to be done to lower inflation because they will bankrupt the US government who can’t afford those interest rates. It wait!!! The US government can’t default! They have the central bank to bail them out with more money printing and quantitative easing.
    We couldn’t handle 5% interest rates which aren’t enough.
    You will always know when interest rates are high enough because they are suppose to stop only when households stop charging things on cards, and businesses from making investments.This has not been accomplished! People are still spending and the economy seems to be getting weaker over the past year in almost every measure. What people really need to do is pay off or default on their debts. We accumulated this debt because the federal government and central bank has been incentivizing people to spend and charge their credit cards to the maximum. Interest rates were so low that everyone bought everything on credit and has no incentive to save because rates give no returns when they are near zero(0). To make money on your money you need to take increased risks just to outmaneuver inflations erosive effects. All of that debt needs to be destroyed before we can return to normal economics. The US economy needs to go through the equivalent of a detox and this will be very uncomfortable with a massive depression. But after detox things get better and you have a new beginning. So it’s not all negative.
    US families will have to come to the realizations that they have been lied to for many decades and that almost no household is solvent when rates finally attempted a return to normal. They will do the honest thing and file for bankruptcy. They will approach their creditors and say honestly that they cannot pay at the current cost of debt.
    The US government could do the same thing in the world stage and be honest with the world about their mistakes. We tell all our creditors honestly that we can’t pay back the national debt and so everyone might only be able to get .30¢ on the dollar.
    Deleting the central bank and deleting our debts will allow us to start over without government involvement. And now that everyone defaulted they will have to live with interest rates that are far higher and start their lives on honest economic footing. I would be proud of them. THE GOVERNMENT NEVER DOES THAT THOUGH THEY NEVER DO THE RIGHT THING.
    Instead what will happen is that all Americans with go through bankruptcy while the federal government does the only other choice they have. The dishonest way. They will print whatever it takes to keep paying the bills. THAT CAUSES INFLATION! So now everyone is still getting .30¢ on the dollar anyways but now we just destroyed our currency instead of taking the pain and going through a natural detox (recession).
    Either way we get to the same outcome, no debts and a chance to start over without government involvement a clean slate and hopefully a freer market with no government intervention to screw us over in another 100 years.
    HOPE I HELPED!

    • @thomascharlton7325
      @thomascharlton7325 Месяц назад

      And by the way, if you want house prices to drop the government can refuse to secure loans, or destroy the 30 year mortgage while you are doing all the other stuff. 30 year mortgages are a synthetic product invented by government. No bank would naturally issue debt for that term without massive massive interest rate compensation.
      What I mean is since everyone is gonna have to go through this then the government can help by not making it easier to buy or afford a home. We are the only country with a 30 year mortgage! It brings down monthly payments and therefore allows people to buy ever more expensive houses. Moreover that policy was implemented before the massive inflation of the 1970’s. Remember the government started the 30 year mortgage program to make housing more affordable! Haha!
      Now if that isn’t an example of government efforts backfiring their intentions then I don’t know what is.
      Please leave markets alone and allow them to do their job.
      We had booms and busts all throughout history but they were very small and were almost entirely caused by government incentivizing citizens to do something or incentivizing banks to do something. In 1837 we had a crash and recession after the Bank of The United States had made lending really easy for banks with low capital requirements. Debts accrued and the money supply expanded causing inflation. Real estate had been going through a 30 year bubble already because the government began giving away land out west. President Andrew Jackson essentially went to political war against the BOTUS and made it cease to exist. He is often criticized for this, but in actuality he did all his constituents a favor and believed the free market can take care of things. The recession was short and our production coming out of that crisis was unmatched. Only the 1849 gold rush stands out as a natural economic bubble. Not caused by government alone it was caused by something we call natural inflation. See all that gold being dug up in large quantity all at once actually caused inflation because it acted just as money printing acts today. Resources would have already been allocated to this opportunity for wealth but the government promises made it sound even better. And now since money was more plentiful the natural interest rates for debt began to drop, therefore naturally incentivizing people to spend and borrow. In other words this one event sowed the seeds of the next crisis by causing a boom. Let me make this clear, booms aren’t bad but if they originate from a perversion of the economic system then a worse boom will form and a larger crash and recession which is what happened. Caused by governments intervention, bad things played out. Those bad things take the shape of a crash, usually caused by people coming to get their money out of the bank all at once. When speculative fever breaks out people eventually come to realize that many resources had been misallocated due to the warping of the free market by the BOTUS capital requirements choices. if the market weren’t perverted, then the banks would lend normally for the economic conditions or be alone punished for their risky lending practices by get a run on their bank. Capital in a normal economy will be allocated very precisely by the free market to things that are actually productive. Boom and bust bubbles all end by the free market in a violent reallocation of resources back to where they should have originally been deployed this whole time. Lots of people lose money and assets. This crash in a free market also will recoup any of the inflation that was created by the bubble. There is almost always large quantities of deflation after old fashioned busts because everyone realizes that the banks were just leveraging the gold they had and it turns into a bank run. Wealth is transferred violently from the people who used leverage to acquire assets, and to the conservative players who saved and prepared for the crash. Now these people can go out and buy assets at garage sale prices because everyone is selling to cover their expenses.
      For example: In the 1837 the bank of the United States was the central authority and had been keeping capital requirements lower than would be naturally prudent for banks. So banks now realizing where the bar was set, now had to compete against that backdrop and take more risks with lending to compete in their returns.this combination started a speculative craze in real estate. This ended badly but compared to what we deal with now, those crises are almost unnoticeable against the backdrop of todays world.
      Lesson: Trust the natural forces of the market. They are as perfect as humans can get and it worked really good for 5 thousand years. They even naturally account for the imperfect chooses we make as humans. Booms and busts happen, but they stay small and short without government interference.

  • @ChristianHill-e5t
    @ChristianHill-e5t 4 месяца назад

    It would seem like low interest rates would be better than high for small business but when you consider investments into high yield public stocks aka big companies. Does the stock market take away money from small businesses? Also interest in bonds seems like it would make cities more attractive increasing traffic for small businesses.

  • @9KateMoran
    @9KateMoran 10 месяцев назад +75

    Bitcoin is on its way to breaking records, getting closer to hitting new high prices, showing that it's gaining more value and could go even higher than we've seen before. This could mean great things for people looking to invest, suggesting now might be a good time to get involved before it jumps even higher. It's an exciting moment that could change the game in general...managed to grow a nest egg of around 2.3Bitcoin to a decent 27Bitcoin....At the heart of this evolution is Linda Wilburn, whose deep understanding of both cryptocurrency and traditional trading has been instrumental. Her holistic approach to investment and commitment to staying abreast of market trends make her an invaluable ally in navigating this new era in cryptocurrency investment.

    • @9KateMoran
      @9KateMoran 10 месяцев назад

      She's often interacts on Telegrams, using the user-name.

    • @9KateMoran
      @9KateMoran 10 месяцев назад

      @Lindawilburn

    • @Carolinalopez08
      @Carolinalopez08 10 месяцев назад +1

      The same high-yield potential exists in both bullish and bearish situations; what matters is how information and technique are used. Not neglecting professional advice.

    • @Curtissanchez1
      @Curtissanchez1 10 месяцев назад

      I was big on gold and silver but a few months ago I discovered Bitcoin and Ethereum . Listening to lots of stuff from Wilburn has been really helpful in my journey.

  • @endgamefond
    @endgamefond 10 месяцев назад +2

    I dont buy much. Foods are raising but not salary.

    • @Cobalt_11
      @Cobalt_11 10 месяцев назад

      Apparently all the cost of living corps didn't get the message inflation dropped. Super convenient for them huh

  • @AKT0B0S
    @AKT0B0S 10 месяцев назад +2

    Money shouldn’t be free. We should never go back to ZIRP

  • @Alvin_1914
    @Alvin_1914 10 месяцев назад +4

    Let's goooooooo!

  • @flowersnyc
    @flowersnyc 10 месяцев назад

    Thanks for this. Ran out and swept my cash into CD’s. Rates are good for short terms, 3-7 months, and are already falling.

  • @megamanx466
    @megamanx466 10 месяцев назад +1

    Typically, the best time to buy anything is during a recession... if you can truly afford to. 🤷‍♂

  • @MrBrewman95
    @MrBrewman95 10 месяцев назад +95

    With high interest rates and housing being so expensive, home ownership is getting further out of reach. No matter much I got a raise or switched jobs to make more, it keeps getting higher and higher. Maybe I should retire early at 29 with a 9mm plan.

    • @MrKogline
      @MrKogline 10 месяцев назад +12

      Only quitters quit.

    • @TheDoranMaster
      @TheDoranMaster 10 месяцев назад +28

      Yo, for real. Like I’m actually being serious. You should maybe see a counsellor. If you can’t afford one, you should check around for any free/ charitable services ❤

    • @technolus5742
      @technolus5742 10 месяцев назад +5

      You can rent rather than "calling it quits".
      Might be a slightly less dramatic solution...

    • @dipdip7250
      @dipdip7250 10 месяцев назад +1

      Winners are losers who win. Start winning.

    • @technolus5742
      @technolus5742 10 месяцев назад +4

      @@dipdip7250 that's bs talk. Might as well be saying that people should just all be above average.

  • @hans7686
    @hans7686 10 месяцев назад +3

    "As a result of many complicated factors, prices as a whole started to rise"
    The federal government more printed money. That's the ultimate reason. More money chasing the same amount of goods. Inflation.

    • @annedevries9302
      @annedevries9302 10 месяцев назад

      Yes, let's ignore the two wars that broke out

  • @shaunhartline4951
    @shaunhartline4951 10 месяцев назад +2

    I appreciate your content. With that being said the information you provide is the same as almost all other financial videos. I am coming to the realization that the system is set up to hold the poor down. You ever so casually talk about how hard times, decreased sales, high interest, ect. ext. like these are just expected bumps in the road. When the reality is that these are real people, with real lives, dealing with all those stresses. These are the same people who are trying to be good people but the system keeps telling them they are not enough. The stock market is not for everyone. The general population as a whole does not have the knowledge to operate in that environment. Yet the rich who do operate there want us take our tiny money and throw it at them with a pipe dream promise that it will magically make us stable. All we have to do is not have a life for 20 years.

  • @romkahehe
    @romkahehe 8 месяцев назад

    I was today years old to learn a word "upended"

  • @HunnyBadger15
    @HunnyBadger15 10 месяцев назад +7

    It's interesting that we don't hear about greedflation.

    • @TheBoxingNinja
      @TheBoxingNinja 10 месяцев назад

      Want to talk about? What all have you seen in your personal life that was marked up super high to be greedy? For me, I remember shopping at Kroger one week and thinking "Wow, things aren't that expensive here, I think I'll shop here instead of Walmart from now on". And then the next time I went there prices were 60% more. I went back to not shopping there.

  • @Andromahlius
    @Andromahlius 10 месяцев назад +14

    TLDR: everybody is making money except you.

  • @spencergellsworth
    @spencergellsworth 10 месяцев назад

    Nothing to do but raise interest rates. God forbid we make anti-price-gouging laws.

  • @lberhold
    @lberhold 10 месяцев назад +2

    Software companies which will never be profitable i.e. Zombie companies, loved near zero interest rates because they didn't need to actually be profitable. Higher rates are better for wealth distribution, and for the long-term economy.

  • @amdl270
    @amdl270 10 месяцев назад +2

    Young people need a chance at life

  • @scubasteveop3594
    @scubasteveop3594 10 месяцев назад +2

    ……If “inflation” dropped back from 9 to 3 it sure does not feel like it did

    • @TiberiusX
      @TiberiusX 9 месяцев назад +2

      That's because they told you "relative inflation" we aren't at 3% inflation we're at 3% *more* inflation than we did last year. So the prices are going up, just not as fast.

    • @scubasteveop3594
      @scubasteveop3594 9 месяцев назад

      @@TiberiusX disagree. Prices 100% went up faster.

  • @Greater_Gator
    @Greater_Gator 10 месяцев назад

    If you got paid the 5 silver quarters of minimum wage in 1964 it would be 26 dollars an hour

  • @ryaj2356
    @ryaj2356 10 месяцев назад +2

    Federal minimums were suspended from Covid to now. That also push more lending along with unlocking everyone’s retirement savings that could pull out for free to buy houses too.

  • @OldDemonTooth
    @OldDemonTooth 10 месяцев назад +5

    5:52 The phase is "champing at the bit" not chomping.

  • @RamonQuiro7
    @RamonQuiro7 10 месяцев назад

    But when are we going back to normal? lol

  • @Youbonyx
    @Youbonyx 10 месяцев назад

    Saddest video 😢

  • @thelegendofmiles
    @thelegendofmiles 7 месяцев назад

    Will you wanted your stimulus check you were warned that it would cause inflation and now here we are the best way to combat this is to raise interest rates on Bank savings account so that way banks have money to lend out and grow the economy everything you can to not give you money

  • @kozmaz87
    @kozmaz87 10 месяцев назад +5

    It is so cute that you think that residents own homes. Sorry. Investors and landlords do primarily. They do not have to move when selling because they never lived there.
    The residents who own their homes are old people who just live in theirs.

  • @zacharyhenderson2902
    @zacharyhenderson2902 10 месяцев назад +1

    In more rural and the rest areas I honestly believe the higher interest rates have been better for first-time home buyers and people without a lot of money. A 6-8% spike in mortgage rates really hurts when you're buying a $450k house, but the effect is neighborhood on a $50k loan. Granted they're also aren't a lot of startups and new small to medium-sized employers in these areas, so they haven't felt as much of an impact on the employment market.

  • @hhhhoooojdjd
    @hhhhoooojdjd 10 месяцев назад +1

    The guy looks ao much younger qothout the 70s mustache and long hair. Even younger than the woman

  • @freebie808
    @freebie808 10 месяцев назад

  • @yc5000
    @yc5000 10 месяцев назад

    Damn, does anyone make "Too Long Don't Watch" version of these? I feel like all of two cents videos have gotten so boring over the last bit 😭

  • @anshulmishra5521
    @anshulmishra5521 10 месяцев назад +1

    Cries in Millennial while watching this video ..

  • @mae2759
    @mae2759 10 месяцев назад +15

    The Fed needs an audit.

    • @MBarberfan4life
      @MBarberfan4life 10 месяцев назад +7

      The Fed needs to end

    • @MTKARusty
      @MTKARusty 10 месяцев назад

      Nah billionaires and fortune 500 companies need to be better audited than the morons at the Big 4. I was one of them, SOX audits are BS.

    • @rezwhap
      @rezwhap 10 месяцев назад +1

      @@MBarberfan4lifeBefore the Fed, banks failed multiple times a year and ordinary people lost their cash savings.

  • @Turnpost2552
    @Turnpost2552 10 месяцев назад +2

    People thought the world was ending in 2012 and we are still here. k So chill.

  • @unfairsanic5089
    @unfairsanic5089 10 месяцев назад +1

    Im planning to finance a used car but since interest rate is still high invluding car prices ill just sit back and wait until im comfortable to buy again

  • @TheDanEdwards
    @TheDanEdwards 10 месяцев назад +15

    Many PBS digital shows are pretty high quality, and this channel is often fairly good. But this video seems like it's trying too hard to tell young people that things are just ok. Yes, we've had much worse inflation in the past, and yes we've had much worse unemployment in the past. But we have some very troubling global issues currently and these will play out in chaotic ways in the next few years, and young people will have to adjust to living with less.

    • @the_expidition427
      @the_expidition427 10 месяцев назад +5

      This is called gaslighting

    • @BP-ke5qs
      @BP-ke5qs 5 месяцев назад

      It's because their friends are in the white house currently 🤫

  • @kemberlyw.patterson
    @kemberlyw.patterson 10 месяцев назад +16

    Although the rising interest rate will undoubtedly curb inflation, it will not stop the US dollar's declining purchasing power. This time, I've learned my lesson. My money is being eaten away by inflation, so the banks cannot be making money off of it. Since investing in the stock market keeps up with inflation, I have set aside $750k to do so, but I have no idea where to begin.

    • @antoniete387-
      @antoniete387- 10 месяцев назад +14

      I completely understand your concerns. But In this current unstable markets, It is advisable to diversify while retaining 70-80% in secure investments. looking at your budget, you should consider financial advisory services.

    • @debra.lucas-jr1uh
      @debra.lucas-jr1uh 10 месяцев назад +14

      I agree. This is why having the right plan is invaluable, my $520k portfolio is well-matched for every season of the market and recently hit 100% rise from early last year. I and my CFP are working on a more figures ballpark goal this 2024

    • @kemberlyw.patterson
      @kemberlyw.patterson 10 месяцев назад +13

      I’ve been down a ton, I’m only holding on so I can recoup, I really need help, who is this investment-adviser that guides you

    • @debra.lucas-jr1uh
      @debra.lucas-jr1uh 10 месяцев назад

      ​@@kemberlyw.patterson*Obviously talking about successful investment, I know I am blessed if not I wouldn't have met someone who is as spectacular as mrs ava Kimberly*

    • @debra.lucas-jr1uh
      @debra.lucas-jr1uh 10 месяцев назад +12

      *Obviously talking about successful investment, I know I am blessed if not I wouldn't have met someone who is as spectacular as mrs ava Kimberly*

  • @gonzomalan
    @gonzomalan 10 месяцев назад

    5:53 *champing at the bit

  • @dc2guy2
    @dc2guy2 10 месяцев назад +2

    WE NEED SOCIAL HOUSING NOW!!!

  • @alaingarcia4756
    @alaingarcia4756 10 месяцев назад +6

    We need another Andrew Jackson in office.

    • @scarpfish
      @scarpfish 10 месяцев назад +4

      For what exactly?

    • @alaingarcia4756
      @alaingarcia4756 10 месяцев назад +1

      @scarpfish dismantled the central bank ie the Federal Reserve and restored constitutional money as he did during his presidency .

    • @alaingarcia4756
      @alaingarcia4756 10 месяцев назад +5

      @@scarpfish To dismantle the central bank ie the Federal Reserve and establish constitutional money again like he did.

    • @OldDemonTooth
      @OldDemonTooth 10 месяцев назад +2

      @@alaingarcia4756 HARD PASS.

    • @handleyobusiness
      @handleyobusiness 10 месяцев назад +3

      @@alaingarcia4756 Andrew was the last president to pay off all debt, but no way he’ll make it into office in todays world. Most people want these idiot politicians that hand them free stuff.

  • @Missy-Missy1111
    @Missy-Missy1111 10 месяцев назад +1

    Raspacious corporations = greedflation

  • @ryanoneill1226
    @ryanoneill1226 10 месяцев назад +2

    CUT YOUR HAIR DUDE!

  • @fatehyabali
    @fatehyabali 6 месяцев назад

    Fa

  • @iskthedijify
    @iskthedijify 10 месяцев назад

    cute as usual : )

  • @Agatha.wayne0
    @Agatha.wayne0 3 месяца назад

    I've heard that some experts are pointing to factors like rising inflation and this possibility of interest rate getting higher as potential triggers for Treasury market instability. It's making me rethink my investment strategy, especially with my stocks portfolio of $400k

    • @Dave_East
      @Dave_East 3 месяца назад

      It's often true that people underestimate the importance of financial advisors until they feel the negative effects of emotional decision-making. I remember a few summers ago, after a tough divorce, when I needed a boost for my struggling business. I researched and found a licensed advisor who diligently helped grow my reserves despite inflation. Consequently, my reserves increased from $275k to around $750k.

    • @DeborahMunsaka
      @DeborahMunsaka 3 месяца назад

      I'm pleased I found this conversation. If you're comfortable with it, could you share how I can get in touch with the advisor you rely on for your investments?

    • @Dave_East
      @Dave_East 3 месяца назад

      There are a handful of experts in the field. I've experimented with a few over the past years, but I've stuck with ‘’Stacy Lynn Staples” for about five years now, and her performance has been consistently impressive. She’s quite known in her field, look-her up.

  • @miguelortiz7227
    @miguelortiz7227 10 месяцев назад

    Wat happened to these 2 people ..

  • @doziee.1093
    @doziee.1093 10 месяцев назад +5

    First things first, bring back the ‘tache!

  • @OscarHernandez-dj3yv
    @OscarHernandez-dj3yv 10 месяцев назад +2

    JUSTICE FOR PHILLIPS MUSTACHE

  • @qifridek
    @qifridek 10 месяцев назад

    Higher interest rate is now the reason of high inflation. What we are hearing is that high interest is high borrowing cost so that they passed down that cost to the customer. Rent goes up because borrowing cost is high. Rent goes up because less people qualify to buy house, so more competition in the renting market. Also, less buyers qualify on new housing means less new construction. Construction is now on halt. Less supply, higher price.
    For the richer, high interest equals more free money. Put money on saving account is more free money to spend.
    For now, high interest rates causing high inflation

    • @DMAN590
      @DMAN590 10 месяцев назад

      The rich prefer lower interest rates to juice their asset prices. That's where they make their money not in their savings accounts lmao

    • @qifridek
      @qifridek 10 месяцев назад

      @@DMAN590 during high interest stage, you can move your stock assets into liquidity. Then move them back to stock when interest go down. Easy money.

  • @k1t2m3g4
    @k1t2m3g4 10 месяцев назад

    This video is light on a lot of content. Homes for example, look at corporate buyers who are keeping things artificially scarce. The fact that exotics and basic banking should be separate. There is so much this halfway done video leaves out.

  • @tadiwanashechikanya9712
    @tadiwanashechikanya9712 10 месяцев назад +3

    First 🎉

  • @thedopplereffect00
    @thedopplereffect00 10 месяцев назад +4

    Until we go back to the gold standard we'll keep having problems

  • @marcuslee3051
    @marcuslee3051 10 месяцев назад

    champing at the bit

  • @nedlalley6314
    @nedlalley6314 9 месяцев назад

    Rates kept artificially low. Stop whining.

  • @Tree-House69
    @Tree-House69 9 месяцев назад

    Enjoy watching us poors, us marginalized, isolated LGBT+, redlined bipoc, disabled etc people wither away while you just keep saying "well! Spending is robust! And wages went up 3 whooooole bucks!".

    • @jeffg2217
      @jeffg2217 6 месяцев назад

      Oh stop, stop trying to play the victim.

  • @moth.monster
    @moth.monster 10 месяцев назад

    Man, I'm sure happy I'm just broke right now and not in debt.