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Originally Posted by retiredguy123
The people hurt most by inflation and low interest rates are those with substantial savings and invested assets. Not only is your purchasing power affected, but your entire portfolio loses value. At least in the 1970's and 1980's, you got a decent return on fixed income investments, like money market accounts and CDs. I hope that interest rates will soon increase to correct this situation. Currently, savers are being severely punished.
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Feel free to give me all of your substantial savings and invested assets. I'll be more than happy to suffer in your place.
You can clip coupons and look for sales at the supermarket to see if you can save a buck on a couple pounds of ground beef. I'm sure you'll have a blast.