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maddezmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-08-08 06:06 AM Original message |
Federal Reserve reverses course and cuts key interest rate by half-point to 1.5 percent. |
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Loge23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-08-08 06:11 AM Response to Original message |
1. Here comes the kitchen sink |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-08-08 06:13 AM Response to Original message |
2. 6 international reserve banks have cut by the same amount, at the same time |
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Gman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-08-08 06:25 AM Response to Original message |
3. If it gets much lower |
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high density (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-08-08 06:31 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Considering inflation... |
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Doctor Cynic (965 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-08-08 12:43 PM Response to Reply #3 |
16. That's already happened... |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-08-08 06:26 AM Response to Original message |
4. And how does that restore CONFIDENCE??? |
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DallasNE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-08-08 06:57 AM Response to Original message |
6. I Don't See How This Helps |
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ihelpu2see (935 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-08-08 07:09 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. I risk sounding like McCain, I am not a real expert on the Economy. But by |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-08-08 07:37 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Yes, at this point they're willing to take runaway inflation.. |
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On the Road (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-08-08 08:24 AM Response to Reply #6 |
11. Cutting Rates Generally Has a Positive Effect |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-08-08 07:35 AM Response to Original message |
8. Welcome to hell on earth if this doesn't work.. |
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mrJJ (657 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-08-08 08:15 AM Response to Reply #8 |
10. No Go |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-08-08 08:30 AM Response to Reply #8 |
12. If this is a Hail Mary pass.... |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-08-08 08:40 AM Response to Reply #12 |
13. As I understand it, this is the hope.. |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-08-08 08:56 AM Response to Original message |
14. I don't get it. Discover just offered me a $15000 loan and Citi offered me a $6500 loan and ... |
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Anarcho-Socialist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-08-08 12:30 PM Response to Original message |
15. It's to get cheap money back into Wall Street |
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