> Re raising interest rates will crush demand via job losses Raising interest rates doesn't automatically lead to layoffs and businesses closing. It certainly

> Re raising interest rates will crush demand via job losses Raising interest rates doesn't automatically lead to layoffs and businesses closing. It certainly might for faltering or weak companies, but it's not like x% interest rate increase === y% unemployment increase or z% business closure. > foreclosures Sure, if you have an adjustable rate mortgage, are massively underwater, and can't afford the new payments. That in and of itself is not a bad thing - if you couldn't afford the house five years ago at 4.5% fixed rate, you couldn't afford it at a 3% ARM either. There's no reason to think an increase in foreclosures would be anywhere close to 2008 levels simply because rates are increased to more historically reasonable levels. > dissuade flippers and property speculators Good.