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sabra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 02:36 PM Original message |
Fed buying $300B in Treasurys |
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marketcrazy1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 02:43 PM Response to Original message |
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DuaneBidoux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 02:50 PM Response to Original message |
2. This is the kind of post that will get no attention on DU but it is huge. |
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Beetwasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 03:06 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Now? When Would This Affect Mortgage Rates? |
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DuaneBidoux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 09:36 AM Response to Reply #3 |
24. It lets the markets know that there is a price floor on mortgage debt. |
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Winterblues (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 10:12 AM Response to Reply #3 |
26. Rates have actually increased in the last four weeks. |
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GoesTo11 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 05:08 PM Response to Reply #2 |
12. The Euro jumped by a nickel after this announcement |
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steven johnson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 03:07 PM Response to Original message |
4. Federal Reserve to Buy $1.2T in Bonds, Mortgage-Backed Securities |
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dethl (462 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 03:20 PM Response to Original message |
5. And there goes the value of the dollar... |
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SCantiGOP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 03:46 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. that's the danger |
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jordi_fanclub (388 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 03:32 PM Response to Original message |
6. Funny "plan" indeed... |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 03:49 PM Response to Original message |
8. quantitative easing. |
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twitomy (756 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 03:56 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. I really dont like this fiat money system |
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progressoid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 04:02 PM Response to Original message |
10. So, they are just going to print some extra cash huh? |
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LeftHandPath (222 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 04:52 PM Response to Original message |
11. Punish the savers... |
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DuaneBidoux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 09:33 AM Response to Reply #11 |
23. printing cash does not inflate the debt bubble--it deflates the debt bubble. |
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UpInArms (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 06:50 PM Response to Original message |
13. Fed to buy Treasuries; pump $1 trln into US economy |
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skoalyman (751 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 06:50 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. jump-start the recovery and prevent deflation |
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MrPerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 06:50 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Where is it getting the $ from? |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 06:50 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Thin Air |
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UpInArms (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 06:50 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. iou's from the treasury |
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NeoConsSuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 06:50 PM Response to Reply #13 |
18. As Ralph Kramden used to say... |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 06:52 PM Response to Original message |
19. "The spice, err, credit must flow." |
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neverforget (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 07:39 PM Response to Original message |
20. I'm sure this will end well..... |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 08:34 PM Response to Original message |
21. So the snake is definitely eating it's own tail now. nt |
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unkachuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 09:26 PM Response to Original message |
22. more free money? |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 09:37 AM Response to Original message |
25. I find this all so very amusing considering china just whined to us about |
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tyrant888 (11 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 10:16 AM Response to Original message |
27. Buying means more cash |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 04:23 PM Response to Original message |
28. FWIW, if anything, a Harvard U. economics prof was on Charlie Rose a couple of nights ago saying |
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