By what mechanisms would we expect it to influence interest rates, and in what direction? Some suggestions:
* Future-bound investors favouring lower-risk long-term investment strategies. I assume this would stratify interest rates, so high-risk borrowing becomes more expensive and low-risk borrowing becomes less so, likely resulting in an overall decrease in real interest rates.
* Removal of high-ROI human capital from the workforce, cf. the original comic. Presumed increase in interest rates as investment becomes a less attractive prospect.
* Reduction in investment capital from people in cryo. Presumed increase in interest rates as the availability of investment funds decreases.
The biggest game-changer would be if the cost of cryo was less than the cost of living. If it's cheaper for someone to be on ice than walking around, that introduces a lot of very strange and interesting options.
Any additions/disagreements?
This is the obligatory post of the recent xkcd comic:
http://xkcd.com/989/