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"With local interest rates at 15.5 percent and the krona rising, [the smart thing] was to borrow not kronur but yen and Swiss francs. They paid 3 percent interest on the yen and in the bargain made a bundle on the currency trade, as the krona kept rising. [...]
But, in October, after the krona collapsed, the yen and Swiss francs they must repay are many times more expensive. Now many Icelanders—especially young Icelanders—own $500,000 houses with $1.5 million mortgages, and $35,000 Range Rovers with $100,000 in loans against them."
Stāstiet man ko gribiet, par to ka jāaizņemas apdomīgi un jādomā pašam ar galvu: ja bankai vajadzēs, banka tev iestāstīs ko vien grib. Un tu darīsi ko tev teiks - tev piedūks pilnas ausis, masu mēdiji, ģimene, draugi un kaimiņi. Un tu ņemsi un pirksi, un darīsi ko tev liek.