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1 posted on 09/10/2012 8:33:28 AM PDT by blam
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I think the Fed is 'doing something close to nothing, but different than the day before'. IOER 0 is pushing a string -- almost. Certainly the response could be more tepid than they suspect.

"To be of any benefit, a new QE would have to be for $600Bn." which would definitely attract Mittens attention.

2 posted on 09/10/2012 8:39:06 AM PDT by StAnDeliver (2008 + IN, NC, FL, VA, OH, NE1, IA = 272EV)
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>Currently at a 1/4%, it could be cut in half to 1/8.

Thats nuts - returns would drop BELOW zero.
Sure would move money around though!
I can’t believe that anyone this side of Europe wants this for America. - Besides obama


3 posted on 09/10/2012 8:58:54 AM PDT by bill1952 (Choice is an illusion created between those with power - and those without)
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"There is no return on the bonds;..."

Yields and interest will go up, when it's time for the real fun to begin. I understand the impatience in investors and their handlers, though. It's hard to wait!

;-)


4 posted on 09/10/2012 7:15:28 PM PDT by familyop (We Baby Boomers are croaking in an avalanche of rotten politics smelled around the world.)
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