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Ichingcarpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 04:14 PM Original message |
Calls for 1-point rate reduction grow louder |
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Newsjock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 04:17 PM Response to Original message |
1. Manic, but no meltdown |
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Ichingcarpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 04:21 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Has the prime ever been this low? |
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blayne (341 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 04:40 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. Didn't it drop below 2% in the aftermath of 9/11 |
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Ichingcarpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 04:46 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. My data source shows that it was around 4.% at that time |
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blayne (341 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 05:16 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. I believe your link shows "prime rates" |
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Ichingcarpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 05:35 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Thanks |
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blayne (341 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 06:02 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. Should be very interesting. |
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2Design (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 05:36 PM Response to Reply #3 |
14. prime rate |
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Ichingcarpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 04:40 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. 1.75% is the lowest I've found which goes to 1947 |
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2Design (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 05:32 PM Response to Reply #6 |
12. democrat in the WH - did the same thing to clinton - right? n/t |
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DJ13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 04:19 PM Response to Original message |
2. One point will trigger Hyper Inflation |
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Danascot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 08:05 PM Response to Reply #2 |
26. Would you believe $200/bbl? |
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rsmith6621 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 04:22 PM Response to Original message |
4. And once it is a ZERO how much lower |
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Neshanic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 06:40 PM Response to Reply #4 |
20. I'm turning Japanese, I think I'm turning Japanese.... |
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Mojambo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 04:27 PM Response to Original message |
5. Gotta love that "free" market. n/t |
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bronxiteforever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 04:44 PM Response to Original message |
8. Ben has chosen the name of the destroyer in Ghostbuster fashion "Hyperinflation" |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 04:51 PM Response to Original message |
10. Soon, the banks will have to pay us to borrow money. |
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Democrats_win (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 05:38 PM Response to Original message |
15. You will pay so that these crooks can party. Hold them accountable, America! |
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ryanmuegge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 06:29 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. Exactly. People are not angry enough about this. Nothing but the blood of all of these people |
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magellan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 06:51 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. They don't understand it. And...many still have faith in the government. |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 05:40 PM Response to Original message |
16. Gives a New Meaning to the Phrase: March Madness n/t |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 06:19 PM Response to Original message |
18. lowering rates makes stocks a more viable option |
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high density (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 06:52 PM Response to Original message |
22. Please no |
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bulloney (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 07:30 PM Response to Original message |
23. Yeah, that's the panacea. Keep making money cheaper. |
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Danascot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 07:53 PM Response to Original message |
24. I LOVE me the smell of desperation in the morning! |
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Jersey Ginny (549 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 08:00 PM Response to Original message |
25. And what about inflation? |
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Ichingcarpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 08:05 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. Inflation hurts the middle class and poor much more than the rich |
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