
Let's focus on the column for 5 yr borrowing. The last entry says 1.45%. Now, let's consider inflation. Looking at a chart for that here (top chart), we'll notice that the market is predicting inflation of 1.75% per year over the next 5 years. Now, subtracting the latter number from the former, the result is negative. This means that it would be a wiser financial bet to borrow money now, and pay it back later. Yet... politicians in Washington are currently wrangling about how to reduce our current borrowing, instead of focusing on the miserable economy and jobs situation. If they had any idea what this chart meant, they'd be spending loads of money on infrastructure and thus stimulating the economy. Remember, kids, when one can borrow at a rate that is lower than inflation, and that person (or entity) has a bunch of spending they'll have to do eventually (ie, infrastructure), they're a moron not to borrow now and pay it back later.
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