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To: Moonman62

Some in the fed and other economist-observers fear cutting rates now leaves them little room in the future if there is a downturn. And some think there are signs of slowing growth. So they are betting on rates going closer to zero in the medium term.


2 posted on 08/01/2019 10:14:35 AM PDT by monkeyshine
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To: monkeyshine

Some in the fed and other economist-observers fear cutting rates now leaves them little room in the future if there is a downturn.


I agree. We’re eating the seed corn for the next revival.


4 posted on 08/01/2019 10:34:34 AM PDT by sparklite2 (Don't mind me. I'm just a contrarian.)
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To: monkeyshine; sparklite2

Some in the fed and other economist-observers fear cutting rates now leaves them little room in the future if there is a downturn.

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Without the Federal Reserve causing a downturn there won’t be one.


6 posted on 08/01/2019 10:52:33 AM PDT by Moonman62 (Charity comes from wealth.)
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