• EmpireInDecay@lemmy.ml
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      5 days ago

      Surely the CIA backed RFE wouldn’t be spewing propaganda would they? According to actual Russians in Russia everything is normal.

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        They are doing so well that they come live in Europe if they have the possibility. I have friends in Russia and the situation was not good before war and now it is shit.

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        19% central bank rates are anything but normal.

        In the US, a 6% 30-year mortgage on a $200k home costs $1,199/mo (excluding taxes, insurance, etc). That exact same mortgage at Russia’s 19% is $3,178/mo.

        No, at 19% it’s basically impossible to finance anything. Good luck buying a home, buying a car, expanding your business. We are talking literal credit card rates for the safest of things. And I’m being generous here, nobody gets the central bank rate, that is the floor, the cheapest rates that only banks get.

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        4 days ago

        Ignoring your source of, “trust me bro,” a huge number of actual Americans in America think things are normal. How does that relate to interest rates?

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          4 days ago

          Americans dont see thugs as normal. They are we are getting fucked with high prices and shrinkflation everywhere