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Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin startles Wall Street with unusual calls to top bank CEOs
The Washington Post via Chicago Tribune ^ | December 23, 2018 | Damian Paletta and Josh Dawsey

Posted on 12/23/2018 9:59:30 PM PST by familyop

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin startled financial analysts, bankers and economists Sunday by issuing an unusual statement declaring that the nation's six largest banks had ample credit to extend to American businesses and households...Two Trump advisers, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said the calls would stoke unnecessary alarm. "No one thought we were at crisis level," one of these people said. "It's going to create more of an issue than we had already." Mnuchin and the president had a call on Saturday to talk about how to reassure the markets. Aides said that Trump knew the Powell story hurt the markets but that he did not want to defend Powell. So he told Mnuchin to put out a statement.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bondcollapse; chicago; chicagotribune; damianpaletta; districtofcolumbia; dnctalkingpoint; dnctalkingpoints; economy; illinois; joshdawsey; recession; stevenmnuchin; stockmarkets; washingtoncompost; washingtonpost
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American voter, in their infinite wisdom Vote Fraud just put Nancy Pelosi in charge of the House and Maxine Waters in charge of Finance."

"Ballot Harvesting" just put Nancy Pelosi in charge of the House and Maxine Waters in charge of Finance."

21 posted on 12/23/2018 11:35:33 PM PST by Does so (If Trump Colluded with Russians, Why Did Hillary Win The Popular Vote?)
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To: Spiridon

That is the point. They want the economy to crash hard.

I’m in stores packed with shoppers, hard to find parking spaces, people with carts full, arms full of stuff, lines at check out that are 20 minutes long.

What economy is tanking?


22 posted on 12/23/2018 11:52:41 PM PST by gunsequalfreedom
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To: PGalt
“9. The management of a great funded debt and a extensive system of taxes will afford a plea, not to be neglected, for establishment of a great incorporated bank. the use of such a machine is well understood. If the Constitution, according to its fair meaning, should not authorize it, so much the better. Push it through by a forced meaning and you will get in the bargain an admirable precedent for future misconstructions.”

Who wrote this, a Chinese guy?

23 posted on 12/23/2018 11:58:43 PM PST by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge.)
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To: caww

[Crazy Maxine Waters said she was going after them]

yep


24 posted on 12/24/2018 12:04:24 AM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: piasa

Philip Morin Freneau, 1752-1832
Its quoted from one of his polemics against Alexander Hamilton.


25 posted on 12/24/2018 12:17:16 AM PST by buwaya
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To: MarchonDC09122009

Boy we heard that about 1000 times the past 8 years.


26 posted on 12/24/2018 12:52:05 AM PST by VanDeKoik
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To: CivilWarBrewing

But they weren’t interested in taking the senate?

All the talk on this thread makes it DEFINITELY seem like we didn’t gain several senators.

Which almost NEVER happens for the incumbent president’s party.

I know it’s easier to steal house elections.

but we still have a branch of congress, a president, a soon to be dead RGB.

We’re good.

Market was at 18000 when Trump entered office I think.

Average rate of 7 percent would put it FAR BELOW even where it is now.

everyone chill


27 posted on 12/24/2018 1:14:12 AM PST by dp0622 (The Left should know if.. Trump is kicked out of office, it is WAR!)
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To: gunsequalfreedom

[ That is the point. They want the economy to crash hard.

I’m in stores packed with shoppers, hard to find parking spaces, people with carts full, arms full of stuff, lines at check out that are 20 minutes long.

What economy is tanking? ]

The Beltway economy of mutual back scratching and bloat?


28 posted on 12/24/2018 1:39:52 AM PST by GraceG ("If I post an AWESOME MEME, STEAL IT! JUST RE-POST IT IN TWO PLACES PLEASE")
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To: CivilWarBrewing

American voter, in their infinite wisdom, just put..”
I’m going to have to disagree with your attribution here, with all due respect..

Remember how back early in Trump’s candidacy, all the way into his victory and even after his inauguration there was a SILENT COUP-CONSPIRACY involving scores of people that we did NOT know about at the time and only found out about shortly AFTERWARD?

I believe soon we will learn of a massive, nationwide BALLOT STUFFING & HARVESTING EFFORT DURING THE MIDTERM ELECTION AIMED AT ENSURING DEMONRAT CONTROL OF THE HOUSE. Deep State DNC/SOROS RATS just pulled off ANOTHER silent coup seizing control of the House so they can get their IMPEACH TRUMP PARTY STARTED IN CONJUNCTION WITH A WRAP-UP HIT JOB ON TRUMP BY MUELLER COMING SOON..

With Trump’s good approval rating and a roaring economy at the time of the midterm election, do you REALLY believe it was the American people who just gave control of the House to the DemonRats? HELL NO WE DIDN’T! The House was just STOLEN by the rat b*stards and EVERYBODY KNOWS IT.

There is also currently ANOTHER conspiracy afoot to trash our economy to ensure Trump does NOT get re-elected in 2020. They will continue HARASSING HIM so relentlessly that perhaps HE even might not wish to run again!

ALSO, JUDGE EMMET SULLIVAN’S ACTIONS/STATEMENTS AGAINST FLYNN NEED TO BE INVESTIGATED, AND HIS ‘B*TCH SLAP’ RULING AGAINST TRUMP’S ASYLUM RULES THE FOLLOWING DAY. Is it just ME or did something VERY odd and inexplicable happen here? WTF@!!!!

...
Exactly what is happening...
I’m tired of even folks here not believing it.


29 posted on 12/24/2018 2:47:10 AM PST by CincyRichieRich (Either the Wall gets built or America becomes a democrat socialist state.)
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To: SaveFerris
Things ain’t never been the same.

They are the same. We papered over the paper. The big banks were propped up and the economy stagnated by the credit crunch. Low rates and a large balance sheet also leads to stagnation because nobody trusts the dollar over the long run so nobody wants to make a long term investment (e.g. manufacturing) Instead all the investment goes from one momentum stock into another. Junky speculation like Bitcoin and Pot. Doesn't help the economy.

30 posted on 12/24/2018 3:18:28 AM PST by palmer (...if we do not have strong families and strong values, then we will be weak and we will not survive)
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To: familyop
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin startled financial analysts, bankers and economists Sunday

Chicken Little, here comes the sky.


31 posted on 12/24/2018 3:47:19 AM PST by USS Alaska (Nuke all mooselimb terrorists, today.)
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To: laplata

A lot of optimism has been removed from the investment community given the Democrats stated goals of sabotaging the economy
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This is true.

I wonder if the hue and cry after zer0’s election urging Bush to get out of the way before January 20,talk of *bailouts* and the TARP itself also removed optimism and fueled the “It’s Bush’s fault” narrative.

We knew when zer0 was elected along with control of Congress, that hard times were coming. How perfect: blame the outgoing administration and immediately apply pressure to make things worse.

One thing that is amazing is the limited scenarios used by the DS over and over again.

Trump won’t cave.


32 posted on 12/24/2018 3:47:47 AM PST by reformedliberal
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To: SunkenCiv
"4D chess. Thanks familyop."

You're welcome. The stock market is open today and closes early at 1:00 PM Eastern, if I remember correctly. The Dow *future* just started going down (a few minutes ago, perhaps?) with almost a couple of hours (7:41 AM ET) before the Dow open.

33 posted on 12/24/2018 4:57:38 AM PST by familyop ("Welcome to Costco. I love you." - -Costco greeter in the movie, "Idiocracy")
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To: familyop

In the meanwhile we have a federal debt of $21 trillion which nobody in Washington, D.C. seems to care about.


34 posted on 12/24/2018 5:04:40 AM PST by From The Deer Stand
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To: Karl Spooner

Pelosi like Ryan, can do nothing of substance

It will be apparent early on when her bills never come up in the Senate


35 posted on 12/24/2018 5:06:11 AM PST by bert ( (KE. N.P. N.C. +12) Invade Honduras. Provide a military government)
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To: MarchonDC09122009
Nonsense.

In 2008, we had subprime mortgages which had been a disaster waiting to happen for years. A completely dishonest financial instrument.

What do we have now?

The stock market is down for 2018 (i.e., it's not overpriced), unemployment is at a record low, and in fact companies are so desperate for good employees they are training kids right out of high school...they are even training ex-cons in programs that are proving to be real success stories in saving the lives of previously troubled men and women.

Just where is this economic trouble of which you speak.

36 posted on 12/24/2018 5:10:27 AM PST by RoosterRedux
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To: familyop

A note to all public servants: Trump is the only reason your pension funds are semi-solvent. Clearly the uniparty doesn’t give a damn if your pension funds go belly up. Are you willing to be collateral damage in their war on Trump and the rule of law?

Just curious.


37 posted on 12/24/2018 5:19:34 AM PST by mewzilla (Break out the mustard seeds.)
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To: laplata

Liberal voters are economic illiterates with a few days attention span and are already to be shovel fed two years of Pelosi BS.


38 posted on 12/24/2018 5:20:32 AM PST by shanover (...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.-S.Adams)
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To: MarchonDC09122009

Wall Street is not Main Street. Main Street is doing great.


39 posted on 12/24/2018 5:26:55 AM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn)
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To: rdcbn

40 posted on 12/24/2018 5:36:20 AM PST by Bratch ("The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." - Edmund Burke)
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