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Source: "When to Commence Income Annuities," Jeffrey K. Dellinger, Retirement Income Solutions Enterprise, Inc., 2011
August 26, 2009, Cover Stories, Regulations/Legal
Comment: The High Price of Low Rates
A low interest rate policy, while necessary in a crisis, acts as a tax on the average person and plants the seed for the next credit crisis, according to two NBER Working Papers published in July.
If all goes as expected, Fed chairman Ben Bernanke will announce today that the Fed funds rate—the cost of overnight loans between banks—will remain at 0.25% for the foreseeable future.
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