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roamer65

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8. The deficit is too high.

Reply to yaesu (Original post)

Thu Sep 19, 2019, 03:13 PM

Sep 2019

The system is choking on all the extra Treasury paper.

This is gonna get very interesting, very soon.

I think the Fed will use QE to mop up the excess, but then the problem will switch over to the currency itself.

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Federal Reserve intervenes for third day to ease market strains [View all] yaesu Sep 2019 OP

But the economy is so good. ooky Sep 2019 #1

QE4 to ease the consequences of QE1-2-3 bucolic_frolic Sep 2019 #2

Ruh roh not fooled Sep 2019 #3

Chimpy! I thought I was the only one who still called him that. fleur-de-lisa Sep 2019 #5

Let me check on the engines of commerce... Miguelito Loveless Sep 2019 #4

I like the visual. saidsimplesimon Sep 2019 #6

"I'm giving her all I've got, Captain!" NickB79 Sep 2019 #10

Hmmm...three days of this so far, and the Fed hasn't seemed to get a grip on this ... SWBTATTReg Sep 2019 #7

Some more info on this IronLionZion Sep 2019 #9

The deficit is too high. roamer65 Sep 2019 #8

red don must be in a quandary not fooled Sep 2019 #11

It took Bush 6 years to crash the economy, looks like Trump could do it in 3. thesquanderer Sep 2019 #12