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1 posted on 08/17/2019 7:50:23 AM PDT by Kaslin
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Rates should be cut because the Fed is manipulating them to be much higher than what the market would charge based on their false premise that economic growth causes inflation.

If a person believes more in free markets than elite academics seeking to please the Swamp, then he should be for the rate to be cut to the market level.


2 posted on 08/17/2019 7:59:51 AM PDT by Moonman62 (Charity comes from wealth.)
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Much has been written about the need for the Federal Reserve to lower interest rates, even beyond the July cut, the first one in eleven years.

Great statistic, except...

Between 2008 and 2015, the Fed kept the rate at zero.
3 posted on 08/17/2019 8:01:53 AM PDT by stylin19a (2016 - Best.Election.Of.All.Times.Ever.In.The.History.Of.Ever)
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What does Barry ZIRP have to say?

LOCK HIM UP.


5 posted on 08/17/2019 8:07:00 AM PDT by PGalt
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Rates are already extremely low and the economy is better then its been in many years. Jobs for just about anyone willing to work, too.


13 posted on 08/17/2019 8:31:20 AM PDT by faithhopecharity ( “Politicians are not born; they are excreted.” Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 to 43 BCE))
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Give me 0% auto financing and I may buy a new car. Will that help the economy?


17 posted on 08/17/2019 9:51:22 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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Another moron who doesn’t realize the US interest rates, currency and bonds can only be evaluated in comparison with other developed nations, not some US timescale. It’s not the 1970s.


24 posted on 08/17/2019 11:23:01 AM PDT by Justa
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That plus the Arab Oil Embargo led to the double digit inflation of the mid 70's, the stagflation of the late 70's, and the "MISERY INDEX".
31 posted on 08/17/2019 7:06:32 PM PDT by lightman (Byzantine Troparia: The "praise choruses" of antiquity.)
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