Low interest rates discourage the deleveraging in the housing market!
by
EconPete
on 17 Apr 2012
28 comments, latest
13 years ago
Yes the housing market may be experiencing current short-run price stabilization, but the long-run outlook is a more leveraged housing market! Instead of having higher, sustainable interest rates and ...
Is a Senior Retirement Consultant an oxymoron?
by
EconPete
on 15 Apr 2012
2 comments, latest
13 years ago
The problem with the title is that it describes an individual who has performed their work for many years, yet has not discovered a way to retire, even though ...
Why does the Government dictate the housing market?
by
EconPete
on 1 Apr 2012
3 comments, latest
13 years ago
A) Population Total = 308,745,538 B) Number of household units = 131,704,730 C) Median household income = $51,914 D) Median household income times number of houses = B*C = ...
No hyperinflation.... Just deflation!
by
EconPete
on 7 Mar 2012
102 comments, latest
13 years ago
I'm sorry to inform everyone that hyperinflation is not coming. If people fully understood the Fed they would know that the Fed cannot directly manipulate the money supply. The ...
The reason for the declining middle class.
by
EconPete
on 8 Mar 2011
20 comments, latest
14 years ago
Middle Class ??????? Income: $50,000 Income Tax: $10,000 What they want you to think Taxation Rate: $10,000/$50,000 = 20% What is the truth(Including company contributed Medicare and Social Security) ...
Tax Quiz, what are you really paying for taxes?
by
EconPete
on 8 Mar 2011
6 comments, latest
14 years ago
Hint #1 is a sales tax not an income. .05/(1.05-.05)= .05/1.00 = 5% NOte: actual income includes the money your company paid for your ss and medicare that is ...
Fail
by
EconPete
on 8 Mar 2011
1 comment, latest
14 years ago
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