Saturday, November 10, 2012

The Interest Rates of World War II

I posted a chart earlier today and thought it would be interesting to see the same data plotted on a log scale.


Click to enlarge.

Note that we were heading into World War II the last time 3-month treasury bills were yielding so little.

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War (often abbreviated as WWII or WW2), was a global war that was underway by 1939 and ended in 1945.

I'm reminded of a quote.

"I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones." - Albert Einstein

It would seem that World War III will be fought with global debt and monetary printing presses. I think it will be slightly less effective at reducing global overcapacity in steel production though. Just a hunch.

This post inspired by Jazzbumpa's comment seen here.

Source Data:
St. Louis Fed: 3-Month Treasury Bill: Secondary Market Rate

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