Crushed Consumption: The Unintended Consequence Of Bernanke’s Arrogance
Wednesday, August 15, 2012 15:32
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from Zero Hedge
With the Fed lowering interest rates and flattening the curve in an effort to squeeze any- and every-one into risk-assets and mal-investment; the sad truth of this action is that it forces a drastic unintended consequence on the growing population of people that actually care about the future. Critically, as Citi points out, lower yields require much higher rates of saving (both corporates and households) and while 10% of salary allocated to ‘retirement savings’ will meet its goals with a 4% return hurdle, at current low yields, the average-joe in the street will need to ‘save’ 25% of his income – cutting heavily into his current consumptive and discretionary iPad needs.
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