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Old 02-24-2009, 11:10 AM   #238 (permalink)
aceventura3
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Originally Posted by dippin View Post
But with 0% interest rates and a tanking economy, it is much preferable to spend it today, because the debt will you need to repay tomorrow is worth significantly less.
Please let me know where you get 0%, nominal or real.

For most consumers, they pay over 7% for a 48 month car loan, over 11% for a 24 month personal credit card loan, and on average 13.36%.

http://online.wsj.com/public/resourc...nts/bbcncr.pdf
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