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Partially off topic: if the US Fed bought publicly traded equities, would we know about it?
by yasp 8y ago
Partially off topic: if the US Fed bought publicly traded equities, would we know about it?
- ryeights 8y agoIt's widely suspected that this is part of the job of the Working Group on Financial Markets...
- User23 8y agoAlso known as the Plunge Protection Team.
- flocial 8y agoI would hope so. https://www.federalreserve.gov/monetarypolicy/openmarket.htm https://www.federalreserve.gov/monetarypolicy/openmarket.htm https://www.federalreserve.gov/aboutthefed/files/combinedfinstmt2018.pdf https://www.federalreserve.gov/aboutthefed/files/combinedfin...
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- roenxi 8y agoIt'd be a conspiracy theory, but one that was unlikely rather than crazy. There is evidence that foreign central banks are active in the US markets though [0]. [0] https://www.cmegroup.com/company/membership/files/CBIPFAQ.pdf https://www.cmegroup.com/company/membership/files/CBIPFAQ.pd...
- yasp 8y agoWhy is that a "conspiracy theory"?
- reasonablemann 8y agoSomewhat related, it's entirely possible that someday social security will be revamped to include equities similar to how Canada runs its pension plan. The ideal time for this would be once the current house of cards world economy collapses. Could be 10-15 years off yet.