[CurlyDave]

...And there are analysts who say the world’s economies are simply being boosted by all the easy money central banks pumped into them for years — and that’s a bubble that will burst...

I don't think there is a bubble ready to burst, but there is a lot of truth in the easy money part.

Obama's job-killing regulations were countered by "quantitative easing" -- printing more money with no real backing. This has produced a situation where there is a lot of pent-up inflation in the economy.

My family has adjusted our personal finances accordingly. Fixed-rate mortgages of long duration, and investments in real estate and equities with minimal exposure to fixed income.

Positioning our boat to float on the rising tide of the Trump economy.

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BTW, while I don't think that the National Debt will ever be reduced in absolute terms, several years of strong inflation will cut it back to a reasonable size in relation to GDP. Not a bad thing at all.

[rurgan]

Obama’s job-killing regulations were countered by “quantitative easing” — printing more money with no real backing. This has produced a situation where there is a lot of pent-up inflation in the economy.

The federal reserve kept interest rates at near zero ,0, for all of Obama’s term.

The federal reserve is also corrupt and political. They are leftists as are most of the swamp.

The minute Trump got into office the Federal reserve has raised interest rates every quarter. They are trying to crash the economy so that Trump doesn't get reelected in 2020. We just got in growth rates for 2017. some quarters were below 3% . there is no need to raise rates. this is just political.