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Good. All those 0% interest leveraged VC funds can go burn in a fire. They pumped stupid money into companies and inflated valuations. Now that things are getti
by gigatexal 4y ago
Good. All those 0% interest leveraged VC funds can go burn in a fire. They pumped stupid money into companies and inflated valuations. Now that things are getting saner with real interest rates above 0 and getting higher sanity will reign again in the markets.
- leptoniscool 4y agoReal interest rates (nominal interest rate minus inflation rate) is still negative.
- bagacrap 4y agoNo? Overnight rate is 5% and last month/3 month inflation is running under 5% saar no matter which measure you use.
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- adam_arthur 4y agoCore CPI is above 5% by many measures (annualized using recent months numbers). Median CPI, which removes outliers, was 0.6% MoM last month. https://www.clevelandfed.org/indicators-and-data/median-cpi https://www.clevelandfed.org/indicators-and-data/median-cpi That being said, I don't think the effect of the funds rate will be felt linearly like most academic models assume, and don't think funds rate has to be above CPI to be restrictive.
- deltree7 4y agoIt's delusional to think that this won't have effects on most HNers employment/salary. So be careful what you wish for
- bbbbzzz1 4y agoMore tame inflation for people who maintain their good paying jobs will be in an even better position
- deltree7 4y agoDeflation is always worse than inflation. 1930s is always worse than 1980s.
- mindslight 4y agoLike how deflation totally wrecked the PC industry because nobody ever buys computers, knowing that tomorrow's model will be more capable and less expensive? Or how if we knew grocery prices were going to be lower in a year, most people would forgo buying food and starve? </s> The prices of things naturally want to go down - this is exactly what market optimization aims to do. The Fed has been creating ever more new money to erase the gains of economic and technological progress. If this new money were being spent by congress on tangible projects, then at least we'd have something to show for it. But instead it has all been wastefully dumped into creating an asset bubble that's just a huge handout to the rich. If you want to know the cause of ever growing rich-poor divide, look no further.
- jjtheblunt 4y agoWhat? Why do you think HN readers are working for companies impacted or dependent on some way? I conjecture a huge fraction are entirely independent of SVB FDIC shenanigans.
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- rvz 4y agoDon't care. It was all inflated salaries from unprofitable companies who depended on pumping VC cheap capital every month. They need to now show that they are profitable. We also will now see which startups can afford to hire developers at over $350K/yr + bonus + stock options in an adverse, unfavourable market without VC capital. Oh wait... None.
- gigatexal 4y agoExactly. The gravy train was powered by hopes and dreams and leverage not profits.
- lmm 4y agoHonestly, on a national scale (never mind international) we're the lucky ones. A slowdown that mainly hits us is better than a crash that hits everyone.
- SilasX 4y ago“A socially destructive practice benefits you, so you shouldn’t wish for it to stop.” Wrong. You should, and I always bite that bullet.
- gigatexal 4y agoWhat's somewhat bad for the <1-5% of the nation isn't also bad for the rest of the workforce. Sane interest rates benefit all especially when it comes to valuations.