"Have We Learned Nothing From The Global Financial Crisis?" (1222 Gmt) The fact that more money has9 Apr 2021 17:49
"Have We Learned Nothing From The Global Financial Crisis?" (1222 Gmt)
The fact that more money has been injected into equities over the past five months than in the last 12 years sure tells you something about the mood investors are in. ...
And with fears of a 'melt-up' creeping up, the fact that the UK housing market is booming to record highs can only be taken as another sign of the (irrational?) exuberance fuelling the 'buy-everything' rally. ...
"Have we learned nothing from the global financial crisis?," former Bank of England policymaker Andrew Sentance took on Twitter to ask.
"Then, loose monetary/financial policies led to excesses resulted in the crisis, including a massive house price bubble", he went on, adding that "History seems to repeating itself now as the housing market is pumped up by low interest rates".
Mortgage lender Halifax said house prices rose 6.5% in annual terms, taking the average house price to a record high 254,606 pounds, not bad during a global pandemic eh?