Inflation And Fed Crushing Savers (REAL 3M CD Rate At -6.74%)

by confoundedinterest17

The Federal Reserve’s zero-interest rate policies (ZIRP) has The Fed Funds Target Rate at a measly 25 basis points or 0.25%. While this is great for some, it is disastrous for savers. Once we subtract off the inflation rate (CPI YoY), we find that the REAL 90-day Certificate of Deposit (CD) rate is a horrifying -6.74%.

I don’t think that Congress or the Biden Administration really think about how their spending may contribute to inflation and crush savers. Or the American worker who is seeing NEGATIVE real average hourly earnings growth (yes, Biden said that Americans have more money this holiday season … but not if we account for reduced spending power, also known as inflation.

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Here is US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen singing “Goodbye Savers.”

Goodbye Savers
Will we ever meet again
Feel sorrow, feel shame
Come tomorrow, feel lots of pain

 

 

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