oldster
09-12-2015, 06:55 AM
http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2011/12/interest-rates-1831-2011/
fun stuff
I especially love the intro to the comment section
rickdugan
09-12-2015, 07:48 AM
Some good articles on some of the effects of unnaturally low interest rates:
http://www.usnews.com/opinion/blogs/economic-intelligence/2012/04/30/the-downside-of-the-feds-zero-interest-rate-policy
https://www.cardus.ca/blog/2012/04/the-problem-with-the-zero-interest-rate-policy
http://dailyreckoning.com/zirp-or-how-the-fed-gave-the-us-financial-diabetes/
And a really good discussion about asset bubbles and the current "emergency setting" that interest rates are on, by one of the Fed's own:
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-05-28/bullard-says-fed-should-raise-interest-rates-as-economy-improves