Quote from Comanche:
In reality, the fed can make credit as cheap as they want, but cheap credit cannot help a consumer that doesn't have the ability to take on more credit.
Do people really think that everyone is going to rush out to buy new cars again at the pace of the 2002-2006 time frame? The auto sector is going to suck for a few years yet.
Does cheap credit all of a sudden qualify subprime borrowers for another round? FUCK NO it doesn't. For everyone who buys the solution that the rate cut is going to put the US back on the track it was on before this all came about, you are living in a dream that can end in your own nightmare.
It is not complex. Cheap credit led to everyone buying shit with a sense of urgency to take advantage while it lasted. Lenders gave credit to anyone, pets and children included. Now there is a burdensom debt overhanging the avg household with 2+ million arm resets over the next 6 months. The rate cut actually made the 10 yr rate climb, not good for the resets.
All the bulls are certain that we will not only keep up with the rate of consumption of the last several years, but grow it?
I say show me the money.