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To: HYPOCRACY

The Fed has no business doing anything with rates. Their job is to control the money supply, that is all.


11 posted on 02/16/2024 2:00:37 PM PST by frogjerk (More people have died trusting the government than not trusting the government.)
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To: frogjerk

Agreed

Ah those wonderful Jimmy Carter years

Everything was great except for the Arab Oil Embargo and 22% house loans

Well, except for our boys in Vietnam who were still there.


14 posted on 02/16/2024 2:25:29 PM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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To: frogjerk

“The Fed has no business doing anything with rates.”

Feds don’t control interest rates. They control the liquidity of overnight interbank transfers which impacts available money.


15 posted on 02/16/2024 2:26:21 PM PST by TexasGator
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