Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

To: Sir_Humphrey

I’d say few — if any — posters here really understand what is going on here. What’s driving this is not the rising interest rates, but the FED’s ongoing reduction in its balance sheet. At its peak the FED held over $4 trillion in Treasury bills and mortgage bonds, and they’ve been reducing their holdings at a rate of $50 billion per month. The market is declining because the days of the FED subsidizing investors and homeowners are over.


72 posted on 12/24/2018 11:10:53 AM PST by Alberta's Child ("I'm a cool dude in a loose mood! Hey -- two ginger ales for my girls!")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies ]


To: Alberta's Child

Interesting...that you had no replies.


131 posted on 12/27/2018 11:34:15 AM PST by Osage Orange (Whiskey Tango Foxtrot)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 72 | View Replies ]

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article


FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson