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"But this time, it's different..."



I mean banking leverage is lower, accounting on collateralized debt is better, consumer/speculator leverage is limited while lending requirements are still mostly higher…

Those aspects are different than 2008.

The global market is still exposed to other forms of over-leveraged contagion (aka incestuous ownership), but just saying “US housing prices are higher than an over exuberant peak 13 years ago so therefore its a problem without really considering other supporting or negating factors” is pretty uncritical.


>consumer/speculator leverage is limited

What are your thoughts on the direction this graph is headed? https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/BOGZ1FL663067003Q




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