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re: UPDATE: Fed Chair Yellen is testifying live on CNBC now. (9:34 am, 2/11/16)

Posted on 2/10/16 at 10:35 am to
Posted by LSURussian
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Posted on 2/10/16 at 10:35 am to
Can you imagine the cluster frick if congress gives itself authority to review and approve monetary policy decisions?
Posted by Iosh
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Posted on 2/10/16 at 10:37 am to
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Can you imagine the cluster frick if congress gives itself authority to review and approve monetary policy decisions?
I imagine it would be a fairly simple formula of "raise rates during divided government, lower rates otherwise"
Posted by LSURussian
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Posted on 2/10/16 at 10:38 am to
A black congressman asking how the Fed can pressure banks more to lend to minority businesses and to more aggressively implement the CRA.
Posted by Bernie_Madoff
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Posted on 2/10/16 at 10:40 am to
It would be a mess and would be a tool to screw over the other party. A democratic congress projecting a republican takeover could raise rates and then 2 years later shout "look the economy tanked! UE is up and credit is tight! No growth!"

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