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Hot Take on Interest Rates & Why Trump and the Fed Are Fighting

2025/4/24
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Nicole Lappin
一位致力于财务教育和媒体的专家,通过多种平台帮助人们提高财务素养。
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Nicole Lappin: 我认为降低利率并非良策,它会带来严重的长期负面影响,例如通货膨胀。短期来看,降低利率似乎很诱人,因为它能降低借贷成本,但这只是饮鸩止渴。我们已经看到,在20世纪70年代,美联储试图通过降低利率来控制通货膨胀,但最终导致了在不到十年的时间里发生了四次经济衰退。 降低利率还会导致房价上涨。虽然你的月供可能会减少,但房价的整体上涨可能会让你最终买不起房。几年前,在疫情期间利率骤降后,我们已经亲身经历过这种情况。抵押贷款利率跌破3%,但房价在短短两年内飙升了40%以上。 此外,降低利率还会加剧美国的债务问题。虽然降低利率可以降低美国政府的债务服务成本,但这也会让债券投资者感到恐慌,他们可能会担心美联储正在采取恐慌性措施。这种担忧会导致长期借贷成本上升,并可能动摇人们对美国信用评级的信心。 降低利率还会损害储蓄者的利益。目前,高收益储蓄账户的利率终于达到了相当不错的水平,平均超过4%。这对退休人员和任何采取稳健投资策略的人来说都是好消息。但如果利率下降,这些收益率也会下降。如果通货膨胀仍然高于3%,那么储蓄账户的1%回报实际上会导致实际收益为负。经济学家称之为负实际回报,而我认为这是抢劫。最糟糕的是,如果通货膨胀卷土重来,美联储将不得不再次提高利率。这种反复调整利率的政策正是导致经济衰退的原因。 总而言之,迫使美联储降息可能在短期内感觉良好,但这并不是长久之计。极低的利率从来都不是常态,而是一种极端措施,不应该随意使用。我们不应该为了追求短期的刺激而牺牲长期的经济稳定。

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President Trump's pressure on the Federal Reserve to lower interest rates is examined, weighing the short-term benefits against the potential long-term consequences for inflation, housing market, federal debt, and savers.
  • Trump's pressure on Fed Chair Jerome Powell to cut interest rates
  • Potential negative impacts of lower rates: inflation, increased home prices, instability in the bond market, losses for savers
  • The need to avoid a yo-yo policy with interest rates that can trigger recessions

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The biggest feud on reality TV this week... is Trump vs Fed Chair Jerome Powell. The issue at the core of this beef? Interest rates. President Trump is pressuring the Fed to lower rates, but today, Nicole shares her hot take: we don't want lower rates.