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With the fed buying debt like a drunk sailor the money released has to go somewhere. That somewhere seems to be the stock market right now. It feels like the fe

With the fed buying debt like a drunk sailor the money released has to go somewhere. That somewhere seems to be the stock market right now. It feels like the fed is testing to avoid 2007 again but just buying the bad debt early.

takeda 6y ago
They only want to keep the market a.k.a. "the economy" looking good before Nov 3rd.
- laurent92 6y ago
  The Fed is independent from the government. But that’s theory. Can you explain more what the influences are between a given party in power and the Fed?
  - takeda 6y ago
    Fed supposed to be independent, yet they lowered interest rate to 0% before pandemic when the economy was supposedly doing really well.
  - gdyuytgh 6y ago
    Isn't the head of Fed a Trump's appointee?