http://money.cnn.com/2008/08/18/news/economy/Colvin_next_credit_crunch.fortune/index.htm
The next credit crunch
Our easy access to plastic is about to dry up - and with it our ability to fake living the good life.
By Geoff Colvin, senior editor at large
August 20, 2008: 4:38 AM EDT
(Fortune Magazine) -- We made it through the bursting of the Internet bubble and now the bursting of the real estate bubble. Next we may be approaching the end of the most worrisome bubble of all: the standard-of-living bubble.
That conclusion comes from the latest data on credit card debt. It's growing fast, but the problem is bigger than that - and to understand what it means, we have to take a few steps back.
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The next credit crunch
Our easy access to plastic is about to dry up - and with it our ability to fake living the good life.
By Geoff Colvin, senior editor at large
August 20, 2008: 4:38 AM EDT
(Fortune Magazine) -- We made it through the bursting of the Internet bubble and now the bursting of the real estate bubble. Next we may be approaching the end of the most worrisome bubble of all: the standard-of-living bubble.
That conclusion comes from the latest data on credit card debt. It's growing fast, but the problem is bigger than that - and to understand what it means, we have to take a few steps back.
...
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Vanhimmat
Ja velkaantua! Ainiin eihän pankit enää lainaa no voi nääs nääs.
Eli sellaisen 300 000 euron kämpän saat helposti, jos sinulla on laittaa 150 000 euroa omaa rahaa tiskiin. EI MITÄÄN ONGELMAA!!!
Sitä on jo ennustettu pitkään, että seuraava luottotappiorykäys tulee nimenomaan luottokorteista...
Ja sepä tuleekin 1) laittamaan pankit ja luottokorttilaitokset jälleen lujille 2) vähentämään jenkkien kulutusta, mikä taas pahentaa maan lamaa.