What Lyn Alden thinks about interest rates

@lyn-alden · 18 positions · 0 changes of mind

Investment researcher and engineer who runs Lyn Alden Investment Strategy, writing on macroeconomics, currency systems and equity analysis.

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2 dated positions, 2025, in their own words. Our reading of what Lyn Alden has said — not written or endorsed by them.

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1. 6 Jul 2025

   Our readingA new monetary network with its own unit can only bootstrap from zero to mass adoption through a period of upward price volatility.

   Their wordsIf a new monetary network with its own unit (i.e. not pegged to an existing currency as a credit rail on top of it, but rather a fully parallel system to central banks) is going to bootstrap from zero to massive, it requires upward volatility.

   ↗The Rise of Bitcoin Stocks and Bondslynalden.com 2nd of 3 in this piece

2. 6 months earlier

3. 8 Jan 2025

   Our readingRaising interest rates cannot meaningfully cool inflation when structural fiscal deficits, not private-sector lending, are its main driver.

   inflation

   Their wordsSince inflation is not primarily driven by private-sector lending in the current environment, making borrowing more expensive will not significantly cool the economy.

   ↗Full Steam Ahead: All Aboard Fiscal Dominancelynalden.com 3rd of 3 in this piece