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by dastbe 1840 days ago
Savings is probably confusing here, because savings change based on your socioeconomic position. People go from not saving anything, to saving cash, to saving in assets.

Some of these assets have a poorer counterparty who is getting access to that money in return for repayment + interest. Perversely, the more money is available in these assets, the lower the interest rate and so the more money these counterparties can borrow. This drives up the cost of physical assets being bought with this money, like homes, because the value of the home is dictated by the debt load a buyer can bear. Lower interest rates means you can support more debt, which means someone will take on more debt and outcompete you for that house.