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To: ex-Texan
If he lowers rates to save home owners who followed Greenspan's advice he will anger all those foreign government who holde U.S. treasuries.

No, they will stop buying US Treasuries. Who wants to put money in a currency that is losing value and is paying little interest?

13 posted on 08/04/2007 11:19:11 AM PDT by Doe Eyes
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To: Doe Eyes
No, they will stop buying US Treasuries

That's a popular notion and might even be right.

On the other hand: A decent sized rate cut might already be priced in to the currency markets.

80 posted on 08/06/2007 6:04:05 AM PDT by NeoCaveman (Dems '08 choices are a Manly woman, a Womanly man, or an naive Senator)
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To: Doe Eyes

If the interest rates go down, then the dollar goes down, and foreign investors will be loathe to invest in our equity markets... they would have to subtract the %loss in the dollar from every percent gained in stocks.

But if rates are left alone, the dollar will still go down, because many of the oil producing countries are switching to do their business in Euros. And again, with the dollar falling, foreign investors will not want to invest in our equity markets.

But if rates are increased, more homeowners with be caught upside down in their mortgates, housing starts will fall even more, which will stall the economy, which will bring down stock prices.

Ergo, I think the stock market doesn’t have much upside for the next year or so.


87 posted on 08/06/2007 9:08:11 AM PDT by ChiefJayStrongbow
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