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Those pesky savers

According to a report from the Washington Post and The Columbus Dispatch, the genesis of the housing market bubble was global wealth; not excess meaningless paper, but true wealth.

So the bubble was not caused by the FED, the bubble occurred because “a growing amount of savings, particularly in developing countries, fueled an investment bubble.” But wait, wasn’t the savings just excess meaningless paper printed by our old friends the FED? Hmmm.

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