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swag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-18-08 01:17 PM Original message |
Fed cuts by 0.75 points, less than market expected |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-18-08 01:19 PM Response to Original message |
1. It doesn't work anymore. Hasn't for a looooooong time. |
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hatrack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-18-08 01:19 PM Response to Original message |
2. NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!! NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!! What will Cramer and Kudlow do? |
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swag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-18-08 01:42 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. Speaking of Kudlow, Krugman had this image on his blog yesterday: |
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hatrack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-18-08 02:26 PM Response to Reply #7 |
13. Wow. "Delusional" doesn't even come CLOSE . . . . |
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CatholicEdHead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-18-08 02:34 PM Response to Reply #2 |
14. Kudlow will keep pushing for the repeal of all taxes |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-18-08 01:24 PM Response to Original message |
3. It's EXACTLY what the market expected, a full percentage point |
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hatrack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-18-08 01:28 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. This is the Federal Funds Rate - the .25% was for the Discount Rate |
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Robbien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-18-08 01:32 PM Response to Original message |
5. Now the banks can sit on this low cost money to keep propping up their bottom lines |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-18-08 01:38 PM Response to Original message |
6. ahhh, yes, squeeze the middle class. Hope you all enjoy $10 bread. |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-18-08 03:02 PM Response to Reply #6 |
15. A bad hurricane season in the Gulf.. |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-18-08 03:13 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. one of the talking puppets on the tv machine stated that it may be 5 bucks |
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deminks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-18-08 01:46 PM Response to Original message |
8. Dow headed south on that one. |
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swag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-18-08 01:58 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. It's done shot back up again. |
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khaos (192 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-18-08 02:09 PM Response to Original message |
10. the ponzi scheme collapses.. |
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swag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-18-08 02:17 PM Response to Original message |
11. Here's the press release. |
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flamingyouth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-18-08 02:19 PM Response to Original message |
12. Ah, the old Invisible Brain theory at work again. |
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whistle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-18-08 04:45 PM Response to Original message |
17. Less then market expected??? You mean that Wall Street wanted 0.0% Fed rate? |
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swag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 10:46 AM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Well, that's one way of looking at it. |
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FlyingSquirrel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 03:47 PM Response to Original message |
19. You know... they can't go lower than 0% |
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high density (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 03:48 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. Unfortunately that's not the case |
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FlyingSquirrel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 03:52 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. I had a feeling I was wrong when I posted it |
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high density (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 03:52 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. I know, but it is a "funny" thing to think about |
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