# Is Lowering Interest Rates Necessarily a Positive for the Economy?

**URL:** <https://community.clark.com/t/is-lowering-interest-rates-necessarily-a-positive-for-the-economy/6370>\
**Category:** Investing\
**Created:** [October 19, 2024, 12:24am UTC](https://community.clark.com/t/is-lowering-interest-rates-necessarily-a-positive-for-the-economy/6370 "2024-10-19T00:24:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![Henrius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/87869e/32.png) [@Henrius](https://community.clark.com/u/Henrius)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2024, 12:24am UTC](https://community.clark.com/t/is-lowering-interest-rates-necessarily-a-positive-for-the-economy/6370/1 "2024-10-19T00:24:47Z")

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> **[THE INTEREST RATE ARTICLE YOU WILL NEVER READ](https://kimhenrydmd.wordpress.com/2024/10/16/the-interest-rate-article-you-will-never-read/)**
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> “Today the AARP provided an initial estimate of the effect of The Federal Reserve’s interest rate cut on senior citizens. Retired people that rely on interest on their savings for living expe…

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**Author:** ![billinin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/47e85d/32.png) [@billinin](https://community.clark.com/u/billinin)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2024, 5:09pm UTC](https://community.clark.com/t/is-lowering-interest-rates-necessarily-a-positive-for-the-economy/6370/2 "2024-10-19T17:09:06Z")

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Additionally this forces us older folk to take undue risk with dividend paying equities that in time will always revert to a mean.

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**Author:** ![Henrius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/87869e/32.png) [@Henrius](https://community.clark.com/u/Henrius)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2024, 9:51pm UTC](https://community.clark.com/t/is-lowering-interest-rates-necessarily-a-positive-for-the-economy/6370/3 "2024-10-19T21:51:45Z")

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Think the word is “undue,” actually.

But yes, it forces older people too far out the risk/return curve. While I was playing piano at a retirement home a few years back, a resident asked me, “Where can I get a SAFE positive after-inflation return?” “Nowhere,” was my reply, sadly.

Savers DESERVE a positive after-inflation return on their investments. Why do no politicians think about them?

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**Author:** ![billinin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/47e85d/32.png) [@billinin](https://community.clark.com/u/billinin)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2024, 3:39pm UTC](https://community.clark.com/t/is-lowering-interest-rates-necessarily-a-positive-for-the-economy/6370/4 "2024-10-20T15:39:51Z")

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> [@Henrius](#):
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> Think the word is “undue,” actually.

Got it…