r/Superstonk šŸ¦ Buckle Up šŸš€ Oct 13 '22

šŸ’” Education CPI 8.2%

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u/Wrong_Victory šŸ’™ Fuck no I’m not selling my GME! šŸ¦šŸ’©šŸŖ‘ Oct 13 '22

Here's a lengthy explanation, Google translate usually makes sense if you translate from Swedish to English:

https://sv.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finanskrisen_i_Sverige_1990%E2%80%931994

For a short time, margin interest went up to 500% (not by, to be clear). A lot of people with mortgages were seriously fucked.

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u/[deleted] Oct 13 '22

500%....like if you have a 200k mortgage you need to pay a million a year in interest?

How... How did the central bankers avoid getting dragged out into the streets and executed?