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To: Borges

Multiple media outlets reported that Volcker, who raised interest rates as the Fed’s chief to combat inflation, had died.

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Volcker was a big time Democrat who raised interest rates to cause a really bad recession.

Reagan cured inflation with supply side economics.


6 posted on 12/09/2019 6:45:26 AM PST by Moonman62 (Charity comes from wealth, or producing more than we consume.)
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Volcker was a big time Democrat who raised interest rates to cause a really bad recession.

Depends upon the industry. My family's bread and butter was a construction company. It wasn't a recession. It was a depression.

23 posted on 12/09/2019 9:31:52 AM PST by LouAvul
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