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> kick that can down the road With two left feet and a couple of swings and misses, the can isnt in much danger.
by blitzar 2mo ago
> kick that can down the road
With two left feet and a couple of swings and misses, the can isnt in much danger.
- inigyou 2mo agoYou think the US collapse is going to happen right now despite this action?
- blitzar 2mo agoYou think they saved the human race by selling some EURJPY on Friday?
- inigyou 2mo agoImpossible to know. The US sits on the precipice of a bond interest death spiral.
- cindyllm 2mo ago[dead]
- mono442 2mo agothe fed can bring the bond yields down, it's not really a problem
- inigyou 2mo agoHow will the fed do that? What will the side effects be? Why didn't it do that at the latest FOMC?
- mono442 2mo agoQe, yield curve control or possibly other market operations. There won't be any real consequences, it's just an asset swap. They buy bonds and in turn create new interbank reserves.
- inigyou 2mo agoIf there are no bad consequences, why haven't they done it yet?
- mono442 2mo agoI'm not sure. Probably because they want to maintain the appearance of central bank independence. The yields aren't even that high. They were much higher in the past.
- scoofy 2mo agoQE is effective when inflation is low or negative. It creates a larger money supply. Inflation is already high.
- csomar 2mo agoYes, everyone knows it's a button you press. Trump has been shouting about that for the last year.
- tanseydavid 2mo ago> With two left feet ...and about two feet left before the can hits the wall.