RBA's decision on interest rates a choice between two evils: recession or inflation (www.abc.net.au)

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[-] zero_gravitas@aussie.zone 1 points 4 months ago

We could also not hit people with mortgages at all. In the US all mortgages are fixed-rate for the whole term of the loan.

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[-] hanrahan@slrpnk.net 2 points 4 months ago

sure, you'd need to socalise banking for that to occur, it's only because of US Government backed Freddie and Fannie offering that deal that commercial banks had to compete.

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