Economists concerned about possible recession

Yahoo News (AFP) ^ | December 24, 2017 | Ali BEKHTAOUI

[Rockingham]

That is a good point. Dodd-Frank and natural caution after the 2008 panic have led to considerable deleveraging of the US economy. With long-term credit and borrowing now unnaturally constrained, it seems that short term rates must tend to experience unusual upward pressure as the economy starts to grow.

[jdsteel]

Correlation is not causation. There HAVE been times when the fed cranked up short term rates so much they helped cause a recession (think Volker) But thatis light years different than our current low interest rate, long and weak recovery situation.

[Does so]

Which was The DemocRat's timing of the plot was triggered by Chuckie Schumer saying that Indy Mac Bank in Pasadena was not solvent.

fixed

[wita]

Most Keynesian “economists” have absolutely no clue.

I enjoy my conversations with my PHD friend who is a retired college professor in/of economics. Proof positive you can earn a living as a Keynesian economist. His solution to many ideas is more spending, or different ways of spending. I don’t know if he really, really believes, but he doesn’t back down, and he is still a respected individual in the academic community.

How close am I to being an economist? My father had a Bachelors Degree in economics, I have slept at a Holiday Inn, I am able to recognize a government up to it’s ears in debt. The deficit is another story ripe for fixin, but spending more than you have coming in is part of that problem.

[Caipirabob]

Sounds like the beginning of election year and libs (autocorrects to 'lies', how utterly appropriate) aren't wasting any time trying to spread their innate sense of doom and gloom. Meanwhile people are reporting 30% ROI on 2017 for the Trump boom. Others are looking at their 401Ks and feeling for the first time in a decade or so they may actually retire. The hope has been contagious. Now that corporations, even if they have a bad 2018 are automatically starting with an 15% profit compared to 2017... seriously, who are these clowns kidding but themselves?!?

Wishing you all much happiness and prosperity in 2018. Thank you for getting me through the previous 8 year nightmare!!!