TheCriticalAmerican t1_it6pqer wrote on October 21, 2022 at 10:02 AM

Why these countries? I'm confused exactly what I'm supposed to take away from this graphic. I mean, it's interesting, but why are so many countries having a negative real interest rate? Would it be possible to group these countries by some common trait?

I just don't know what I'm supposed to take away from this.

tom_fuckin_bombadil t1_it7epq1 wrote on October 21, 2022 at 2:02 PM

Especially since many of the points are unlabelled. I understand labelling would have been a nightmare but OP could have at least opted to used different types of markers depending on a category (such as by continent, or political affiliation or even level of development).

tilapios t1_it6vhl1 wrote on October 21, 2022 at 11:14 AM

>I just don't know what I'm supposed to take away from this.

The link to OP's Substack, obviously. (/s)

The_Maddest t1_ita2cd3 wrote on October 22, 2022 at 1:17 AM

It’s cherry-picked data to show that “rAiSinG iNtErEST rAtEs woN’t FiX iNfLaTiON”. OP is butt hurt about his mortgage because they overbought.

BeastlyDecks t1_it7bfet wrote on October 21, 2022 at 1:37 PM

Honestly I just think you're supposed to leave with some vague sense of "China good" from this...