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Fed relieved but not ready to start tightening
MarketWatch ^ | 08/12/09 | Rex Nutting

Posted on 08/12/2009 10:19:56 AM PDT by AngelesCrestHighway

WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- With the end of the U.S. recession finally in sight, top policy makers at the Federal Reserve will be breathing easier during their closed-door meetings Tuesday and Wednesday. The official statement from the Federal Open Market Committee on Wednesday will probably include a clear nod to the improved economic outlook, but few observers think the FOMC will raise interest rates or abandon the easy-money policies that may have prevented a second depression. The economy may be recovering, but there are still dangers lurking. Bank lending is still impaired and the recovery is expected to be tepid, especially for workers and consumers.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy
KEYWORDS: thecomingdepression
With the end of the U.S. recession finally in sight????....

What in hell are these guys smoking?

1 posted on 08/12/2009 10:19:56 AM PDT by AngelesCrestHighway
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To: AngelesCrestHighway
With the end of the U.S. recession finally in sight????....

Indeed the end of the recession is finally in sight as the "depression" looms on the horizon.

2 posted on 08/12/2009 10:31:30 AM PDT by Z80_Inside
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To: AngelesCrestHighway
With the end of the U.S. recession finally in sight,

Richard Belzer defines The Big Lie in his book UFOs, JFK, and Elvis: Conspiracies You Don't Have To Be Crazy To Believe as "If you tell a lie that's big enough, and you tell it often enough, people will believe you are telling the truth, even when what you are saying is total crap."

3 posted on 08/12/2009 10:37:04 AM PDT by org.whodat (Vote: Chuck De Vore in 2012.)
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To: AngelesCrestHighway
What in hell are these guys smoking?

Obama Lights - This calls for someone good at Photoshop to get to work.

4 posted on 08/12/2009 11:28:01 AM PDT by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin (Freedom is the freedom to discipline yourself so others don't have to do it for you.)
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