The amount of extra borrowing that occurred from the private sector during COVID was surprisingly, I've got to say. And what you've got is people with additional money coming in through the fiscal stimulus may well have decided to go and use that to bind to the property market. So we're looking at... Yes, another financial crisis, supposedly, although obviously, not a financial crisis. Not as bad as the 2008 financial crisis, unless you've got a hefty mortgage,. In which case it could be quite a disaster when you have to go for your next fixed term mortgage. But the financial sector, are they doing badly out of this? They seem to be able to weather the storm. The
We last had a financial crisis in 2008 (ignoring the pandemic years), and if we’re not in another crisis now, we’re well on the way to it, with mortgages rising, taxes increasing and the price of everything continuing to rise. Your spending power is being hit in three directions. But, isn’t that what central banks want? So we spend less and inflation comes down, theoretically. Yet the banks, who might not be to blame this time, are now feeling the hurt. In fact, they stand to gain from rising interest rates because they can raise their borrowing costs. This week Phil asks Steve, will the banks always win, come what may?
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