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To: llap who wrote (29953)	3/15/2012 1:33:04 PM
From: GROUND ZERO™	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 219394

I don't know if higher rates will really sink commodities... everyone is saying that now, but everyone can't be right... actually, to me, higher rates are inflationary... potential home buyers will rush to buy homes before rates begin going higher, that would put a floor under the housing market and create a boom in the housing market and also raise the cost of homes and property... that's also inflationary... and since higher rates means it costs more to borrow money, then that's also inflationary... higher rates means higher prices all across the board, so why not gold and silver... Also, higher rates means the federal debt will begin to increase since it now costs more to borrow from China... we can only resolve that by either raising taxes or printing more money... raising taxes to 100% will not make a dent in the debt, so you can count on the FED to print money until the cows come home, they have no choice, they're trapped... The idiot bernanke said the economy is improving... so, why hold bonds as a safe haven, what he said was the trigger for bonds to collapse... I think he over played his hand and realizes he's not so smart... so, expect higher rates and inflation to show up, in fact it's already here in food and energy despite the incredible denials by the idiots in Washington... GZ