It's called an interest rate but ...

Aug 11, 2015 05:40

... it's not very interesting. As I keep saying. Except it is because it has a material effect on people's well-being ( Read more... )

boring-posts, prediction, economics

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moral_vacuum August 11 2015, 18:56:33 UTC

One of the few advantages of being old is that my mortgage is also old and dwindling. But so many people arent in that position, it's terrifying. I remember the black monday interest rate hike, and my colleagues were walking around hollow-eyed. Brrr.

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drdoug August 11 2015, 20:39:21 UTC
Oh yes, I'm not worried about me - I remember Black Monday too so always price up mortgages at 10% for could-I-sustain-that and 15% for could-I-handle-that-for-a-bit. But so many people are at the edge of what's payable that I think we'll see real trouble at 1%.

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