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Category Archives: Interest Rates
Why Banks and Wall St will go broke if interest rates ever go up
Dumb Money Day 1 by Charles Marohn, Strong Towns Jun 10, 2013 This week I want to write about one very technical finance subject and the implications for the housing market and, by extension, for cities and the great reset … Continue reading
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Eduardo Porter : Next Crisis from Rising Interest Rates? (New York Times)
A World Unprepared, Again, for Rising Interest Rates. Feb 11, 2014. Eduardo Porter. New York Times. I was living in São Paulo in 1997 when, out of the blue, an investment banker I knew called to ask about Brazilian cocktails. … Continue reading
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