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I'm an economic idiot, but the interest rates have started concern me. It's seemed like no one wants to cut them as that might put the brakes on "growth". Ther

I'm an economic idiot, but the interest rates have started concern me. It's seemed like no one wants to cut them as that might put the brakes on "growth". There are also rumorings of a crash being around the corner. So if a crash does come about, what's the Fed going to do seeing as how rates are already bottomed out?

csa 7y ago
> It's seemed like no one wants to cut them as that might put the brakes on "growth". I assume you meant “raise” instead of “cut” here. If so, you are correct, and the question about what the fed does when the market corrects/crashes is why a lot of folks are wringing their hands right now.
andrekandre 7y ago
> So if a crash does come about, what's the Fed going to do seeing as how rates are already bottomed out? potentially, negative interest rates, that’s what [1] [1] https://www.investopedia.com/articles/investing/070915/how-negative-interest-rates-work.asp https://www.investopedia.com/articles/investing/070915/how-n...