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Posted on 07/26/2005 11:37:26 AM PDT by Willie Green
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To: WHBates
The question is why he thought this to begin with? He was an insider on the outside. So much for a big brain. A lot of people thought Y2K would be a huge mess. He wasn't the only one. He was the only one who could boost the money supply.
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posted on
07/27/2005 10:10:04 PM PDT
by
Toddsterpatriot
(If you agree with Marx, the AFL-CIO and E.P.I. please stop calling yourself a conservative!!)
To: Toddsterpatriot
I'm sorry but that is BS. Nobody that worked in computers thought that there would be a huge mess (small problems, yes). He had to know this or his analyst needs to be fired. Sorry but that is a fact and everyone in the industry understood it.
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posted on
07/27/2005 10:19:07 PM PDT
by
WHBates
To: WHBates
I'm sorry but that is BS. Nobody that worked in computers thought that there would be a huge mess (small problems, yes). Nobody thought there would be a problem? So what was all the billions and billions spent to fight the problem?
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posted on
07/27/2005 10:24:39 PM PDT
by
Toddsterpatriot
(If you agree with Marx, the AFL-CIO and E.P.I. please stop calling yourself a conservative!!)
To: Toddsterpatriot
"Nobody thought there would be a problem? So what was all the billions and billions spent to fight the problem?
Lots of folks made lots of money on the entire situation. In fact...... well never mind. There were lots of issues involved but bottom line is that it was a CYA issue that the FED covered and made vendors lots of money instead of costing them lots of money. LOL
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posted on
07/27/2005 10:34:56 PM PDT
by
WHBates
To: WHBates
Lots of folks made lots of money on the entire situation. Lot's of money for no problem? Hmmmmm.
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posted on
07/27/2005 10:40:36 PM PDT
by
Toddsterpatriot
(If you agree with Marx, the AFL-CIO and E.P.I. please stop calling yourself a conservative!!)
To: Toddsterpatriot
"Lot's of money for no problem? Hmmmmm."
I'll bet the cost difference between the Y2K studies (great money) to actual problems found/resolved was big. Do you know the actual statistics?
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posted on
07/27/2005 10:58:17 PM PDT
by
WHBates
To: WHBates
" You really don't know what your talking about. LOL But I'm sure you think you do."
The process I described is exactly how I got my current job.
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posted on
07/28/2005 7:04:18 AM PDT
by
Moral Hazard
("I believe the children are the future" - Whitney Houston; "Fight the future" - X-files)
To: Toddsterpatriot
Are you trying to imply that the Fed uses the Discount Window as the primary means to adjust the money supply? That's not true today, and it especially wasn't true in 1999/2000.
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posted on
07/28/2005 7:48:03 AM PDT
by
Moonman62
(Federal creed: If it moves tax it. If it keeps moving regulate it. If it stops moving subsidize it)
To: Moonman62
Are you trying to imply that the Fed uses the Discount Window as the primary means to adjust the money supply?No. The Fed adjusts the money supply by adjusting bank reserves.
The Federal Reserve uses open-market operations to either increase or decrease reserves. To increase reserves, the Federal Reserve buys U.S. Treasury securities by writing a check drawn on itself.
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posted on
07/28/2005 7:55:09 AM PDT
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Toddsterpatriot
(If you agree with Marx, the AFL-CIO and E.P.I. please stop calling yourself a conservative!!)
To: Toddsterpatriot
Well, we agree on that, but it takes us right back to where we were. The amount of reserves relative to the reserve requirement determines the funds rate. Banks with a bit more than the requirement will loan the excess and banks with a little less than the requirement will borrow.
The Fed can change the reserve requirement to influence the money supply but that's rarely done. Japan's central bank did that recently, but their funds rate was near zero.
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posted on
07/28/2005 9:56:37 AM PDT
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Moonman62
(Federal creed: If it moves tax it. If it keeps moving regulate it. If it stops moving subsidize it)
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