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"then someone ought to be able to print money" Putting aside whether that'd be a good idea or not, government money is generated via the bond market. All new m
by ZenoArrow 11y ago
"then someone ought to be able to print money"
Putting aside whether that'd be a good idea or not, government money is generated via the bond market. All new money in the US is generated via the bond market. Therefore, you can't use printing money as a way to stabilise the market that generates it.
- lmm 11y agoI didn't mean literally print money. I meant make a lot of profit. In any case I'm more thinking about equity markets - are there even flash crashes in treasuries yet?
- whatok 11y agoYes. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-03-30/bond-traders-fear-oct-15-style-volatility-could-repeat http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-03-30/bond-trade...
- bladecatcher 11y agoI won't say these are flash crashes, but it's very normal to see 6 or 7 sigma events in Treasuries. Such large deviations are very rarely seen in stocks