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Old 08-19-2019, 02:46 PM
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Originally Posted by GrumpyOldMan View Post
Also, few if any are laying this at the feet of the current administration, recessions are cyclical and its that time again.

What some are concerned about is the Fed lowering interest rates, and the administration asking for more. When a recession happens, being able to lower interest rates is an important tool to help soften the landing.
The exact same thing I mentioned in a post yesterday.

Those weapons that can help soften the blow of a recession (ie: tax cuts/lower interest rates/massive deregulation/etc.) have already been used...keeping this expansion going.

Economic weapons aren't any good...if there's no ammunition for them.