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Morgan Stanley says so. Let’s remember that in September and October, when we see what really happens.

Note to Trump: if you lower interest rates, you are taking money from people who have some savings, and it’s in banks, and they are not able to find jobs. In other words, they depend on the miserly interest that banks pay.


13 posted on 08/13/2019 10:28:55 AM PDT by I want the USA back (The further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those who speak it. Orwell.)
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The Fed rate that Morgan Stanley is talking about is the Fed’s discount rate. That’s the rate that banks pay to borrow directly from the Fed. It has little to do with the rates that we earn on our savings. That rate is set by the market.


50 posted on 08/14/2019 9:26:52 PM PDT by Pelham (Secure Voter ID. Mexico has it, because unlike us they take voting seriously)
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Trump can’t “lower interest rates” nor raise them.

The Bond Market does that. The FED follows if the Bond Market moves far enough in either direction. It has no choice, it has to stay in balance with longer term rates set in the Bond Market.


60 posted on 08/14/2019 11:17:09 PM PDT by SaxxonWoods (The internet has driven the world mad.)
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