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		yummyfajitas on March 24, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: 41,000,006 reasons why I think we're in a bubble It's true that a higher inflation regime will not help debtors. But the net effect of an event like QE/QE2 is to help debtors.

borism on March 24, 2011 [–]

But the net effect of an event like QE/QE2 is to help debtors.

Let's be serious here. Net effect of QE is 0.

anamax on March 25, 2011 | [–]

QE2 did push US mortgage rates up.

It's unclear why/how though, as the vast majority of new US mortgages end up with a GSE that is heavily dependent on govt support, so the increase was a political decision.

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