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Episode 37: Silicon Valley Bank; Credit Suisse; the Transfer of Wealth from Equity to Debt; Aussie Banks win in Flight to Quality; Default Cycle Ramps Up; Consumer Buffers; Best Trades and more

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The Mismanagement of Victoria's Government

In 2018, Victoria had 46 billion of debt. In New South Wales, debts are increased by 116%. In Queensland is just a 60% increase. And in Western Australia, the increase has been 45%. It's even more astonishing when you think about it in dollar terms. They're only paying 1% or a little bit less than 1% interest on their 10 year debts in 2020. That interest rate is now 4.3%. But I'm pretty confident that Murky will fix those problems. The RBA felt incorrectly that the economy would need that economic support. This is the worst possible time to be building infrastructure.

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