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Topic started on 18-3-2008 @ 03:02 PM by SoundFX

Why the Fed's rate cuts won't help you


articles.moneycentral.msn.com
The Federal Reserve today continued its attempt to get out in front of the worst financial crisis to hit the world banking system in five decades by slashing short-term interest rates by three-quarters of a percentage point, to 2.25%, the lowest level since 2004.

But the Fed's effort will have little effect on the ability of the average American to get a cheap loan for a new home, car or college education even as it has a large effect on U.S. banks' ability to fix their balance sheets by ra
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reply posted on 18-3-2008 @ 03:04 PM by Silenceisall
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It's all about Wall Street. The rate cuts were for Wall Street. Period.



reply posted on 19-3-2008 @ 08:05 PM by SoundFX
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It's all about Wall Street. The rate cuts were for Wall Street. Period.


I know and people in general are too asleep to notice. Here it is right fron MSNBC.

"As if that's not bad enough, the Fed's swiftly conceived, unprecedented course of action harms the public in three other ways:

It boosts inflation by lifting the total number of dollars in circulation.

It undercuts the attractiveness of the U.S. dollar, which leads to higher food, energy and gold prices.

It cuts the yields of dividend-paying investments such as government bonds upon which retirees depend for steady income.
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