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A Brief History of Interest Rates

July 27, 1998February 5, 2017

How long can these low interest rates last?

I don’t know and I’m not making any predictions. But from 1880 to 1965, there was no such thing as a home mortgage for more than 6%, with bond rates even lower — and that was 85 years.

(Some facts are so telling, I should just shut up and get out of their way.)

 

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