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Credit IS cheap and plentiful

That's the fallacy, right? One would think it is plentiful given the low rates, you have an anecdote that it is, but look at the data. Lending is fraction of what it was in 2007.

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Again, that's because people aren't taking out copious credit, not that they aren't being offered. There's no data on what's offered, only what's contracted.


Yep, and all throughout the 2008 crisis, I never stopped receiving credit card offers.


Ofc if you have decent credit you will get offers even in economic crashes which isnt relevant. That's part of the debt economy.

There's no accurate aggregate measure of lines offered (only those issued), which is the subtle problem with the (most) analysis about credit gluts vs interest rates.


It also means you have to be careful about tabulating "yes I can get credit fine, I just don't want it (at that price)".

Edit: And also, at the time, even people with bad credit were still getting those offers. And my credit history was really short at the time.




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