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To: DuncanWaring

All the fed has to do is sell those treasuries and the rates go up. They don’t have to raise interest rates they charge. Just sell all their 10s and 30s.

Problem is the bond market and the housing markets crash when the rates go up.


29 posted on 08/22/2015 12:18:34 PM PDT by poinq
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To: poinq

Kind of painted themselves into a corner, haven’t they?


39 posted on 08/22/2015 12:51:30 PM PDT by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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