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44122 Re: Fed Economists Warn Of Looming Disaster Due To High Interest Rates
   De, as former owner of two companies that were corporations, I can... 		micro   6TH POPE   05 Jul 2023
 2:09 PM
44120 Re: Fed Economists Warn Of Looming Disaster Due To High Interest Rates
   Thank Ya De. Zim. 		Zimbler0   6TH POPE   05 Jul 2023
 5:25 AM

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Re: Fed Economists Warn Of Looming Disaster Due To High Interest Rates

By: Decomposed in 6TH POPE
Wed, 05 Jul 23 4:53 AM
Msg. 44119 of 60008
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Zimbler0:

Re: “If the corporations took out low interest loans . . . Assuming the loans were fixed interest at those low rates . . what is the problem?”Over-leveraged is over-leveraged. It's never good, no matter what the interest rate might be.

Many companies took on too much debt after getting used to refinancing as a means of making excessive debt manageabl. But with interest rates up, refinancing is not an option.

On top of that, some American companies got the low rates they did by taking out variable rate loans. When rates fall, variable rate loans are wonderful. But when they rise, it's a different story.

So the scenario you describe isn't the reality. A lot of companies took on more debt than they could afford, expecting rates to stay where they were or to even go lower. They gambled and they lost.


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