mytoaster

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   by mytoaster 11y ago

   Here are some numbers: the core of the massive distortion is in govt debt. This was in Fall of 2014 where half of govt debt yields less than 1%, it's actually gotten worse since. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic
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   by mytoaster 13y ago

   It's probably a good idea to try to quantify the actual _scale_ of what is happening. http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-11-26/chart-day-how-five-...
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   by mytoaster 13y ago

   Monthly data from the treasury: http://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/data-chart-center/ti... Foreign net purchases of US long-term debt: http://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/data-chart-c
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   by mytoaster 13y ago

   Wouldn't go as far to say as the US will implode, but Fed QE has greatly distorted financial and real estate markets. The Fed has pumped over $3 trillion into the bond markets since the financial crisis and are currently buying at a p