Jump to content
House Price Crash Forum

The Big Fed Thread


Recommended Posts

0
HOLA441
  • Replies 2.1k
  • Created
  • Last Reply

Top Posters In This Topic

1
HOLA442
2
HOLA443
3
HOLA444

^ self serving assessment link

Quote

 

 

“Where before we had our foot pressed down on the gas pedal trying to give the economy all the oomph we possibly could, now [we’re] allowing the economy to kind of coast and remain on an even keel,” she said. “To give it some gas, but not so much that we’re pressing down hard on the accelerator.”

 

A sort of gliding towards disaster policy.  It sounds pretty much out of control except for their paramount objective of lining their own pockets.

 

Edited by billybong
Link to comment
Share on other sites

4
HOLA445
5
HOLA446

Fed's Kaplan Warns Trump "US Too Levered To Use Debt For Growth"

 

Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas President Robert Kaplan had lots to say this morning that, for now, the market has chosen to ignore. He warned "we are highly leveraged" implicitly warning President Trump that the country’s ability to boost growth through debt is limited (thanks to President Obama's doubling of the national debt as The Fed held rates at zero during his term?)

Link to comment
Share on other sites

6
HOLA447
7
HOLA448
8
HOLA449

Factory Output Tumbles In March - This Has Never Happened Outside Of Recession

20170418_IP3.jpg

US Industrial Production peaked in November 2014 and remains down almost 2% from those record highs (despite surging stocks). This has never happened without the US economy being in recession in history. While Industrial production headlines met expectations, factory output for March plunged 0.4% - the biggest drop since Feb 2015.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

9
HOLA4410

US Restaurant Industry Suffers Worst Collapse Since 2009

current%20situation%20restaurant.jpg

With a same-store sales decline of 1.6%, the first quarter of 2017 was the fifth consecutive quarter of negative results. The last time the industry experienced a similar period was in 2009 and the first half of 2010, as the economy began recovery following the recession. Only this time the move is in the opposite direction.

Great news for all those restaurant jobs....

Link to comment
Share on other sites

10
HOLA4411
11
HOLA4412
12
HOLA4413
13
HOLA4414
14
HOLA4415
On 12 April 2017 at 8:14 PM, interestrateripoff said:

Fed's Kaplan Warns Trump "US Too Levered To Use Debt For Growth"

 

Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas President Robert Kaplan had lots to say this morning that, for now, the market has chosen to ignore. He warned "we are highly leveraged" implicitly warning President Trump that the country’s ability to boost growth through debt is limited (thanks to President Obama's doubling of the national debt as The Fed held rates at zero during his term?)

Are the consumer mass equally 'too' leveraged???:D

Edited by maverick73
Link to comment
Share on other sites

15
HOLA4416
16
HOLA4417
5 hours ago, ASBEAR said:

FED have decided to hold the interest rates. Will this be another big excuse for Carney not to increase UK's IR?

There was no expectation of a May hike but the Fed's comments, particularly on Q1's low growth figures being temporary, have pushed the odds for the expected June hike to near certainty.

So the dynamic at play is the opposite of the one you suggest. On the other hand, Carney's excuses for not raising rates are well rehearsed by now, however disingenuous they may be.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

17
HOLA4418
6 hours ago, darkmarket said:

There was no expectation of a May hike but the Fed's comments, particularly on Q1's low growth figures being temporary, have pushed the odds for the expected June hike to near certainty.

So the dynamic at play is the opposite of the one you suggest. On the other hand, Carney's excuses for not raising rates are well rehearsed by now, however disingenuous they may be.

Ok I see. Thanks for the inspiration.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

18
HOLA4419
19
HOLA4420
  • 1 month later...
20
HOLA4421
21
HOLA4422
22
HOLA4423
23
HOLA4424

“We believe the effect of the troubles in the subprime sector on the broader housing market will be limited and we do not expect significant spillovers from the subprime market to the rest of the economy or to the financial system,” – Fed Chairman, Ben Beranke – May 17, 2007.

“You know probably that would be going too far but I do think we’re much safer and I hope that it will not be in our lifetimes and I don’t believe it will be.” – Fed “Chairman,” Janet Yellen – June 27, 2017

 

Hmmm…

Link to comment
Share on other sites

24
HOLA4425

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

Loading...
  • Recently Browsing   0 members

    • No registered users viewing this page.




×
×
  • Create New...

Important Information