Economy Barely Creeping

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piasabird

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I think we could be in big trouble if we give the Fed a free hand in how they try to work on the real estate problems we are having.

Do not trust anything the Federal Government or Bernanke Says about the current state of the economy!

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/...-rb-280208450.html?x=0

The Fed would borrow from the funds via reverse repurchase agreements involving some of the huge portfolio of mortgage-backed securities and U.S. Treasuries that it acquired as it fought the financial crisis, the newspaper reported, without citing any sources.

The central bank is now considering dealing with money market funds because it does not think the primary dealers have the balance sheet capacity to provide more than about $100 billion, the Financial Times said.

Money market mutual funds have about $2.5 trillion under management so they could plausibly provide between $400 billion and $500 billion, it said.

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/...es&pos=1&asset=&ccode=

More Evidence of a shrinking Housing Market as home starts are decreasing for August.

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/...pf-3514497262.html?x=0

Supply of Crude oil is on the Rise!

I dont know much about this Schiff Person (r) running for office as a republican candidate in connetticut(Spell?). His background is that of a Financial Advisor. Somehow I see someone with this type of a background in the Finance Sector having a tough time getting elected; its like electing a bank president.

Mr. Schiff Goes to Washington? He Hopes
Posted Sep 24, 2009 11:26am EDT by Peter Gorenstein in Newsmakers, Banking, Election
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Peter Schiff - financial adviser, author and predictor of the financial crisis - hopes to add U.S. Senator to his bio. Schiff is running as a Republican for the Connecticut senate seat currently held by five-term incumbent Christopher Dodd, a Democrat.

Schiff has never held elective office but thinks his lack of political experience is an asset. "I think we need more citizen legislators," he says. "I think we need people to go to Washington who don't really want to be there, who actually want to do some civic duty."

As for Dodd, Schiff is already coming out swinging, attacking the Senate Banking Committee Chairman's record on the economy and his plan to overhaul financial regulation. He also claims Dodd's lack of oversight of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac "was one of the major factors in helping to create" the housing crisis.

Schiff's platform includes:

Reducing government spending
Cutting income taxes
Reducing regulation
Increasing transparency of the Federal Reserve
Advancing past the Republican primary won't be easy. He joins a crowded field that includes former World Wrestling Entertainment CEO Linda McMahon and former Congressman Rob Simmons, who appears to be the early front-runner.




 

IndyColtsFan

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Originally posted by: dmcowen674
Originally posted by: piasabird
Supply of Crude oil is on the Rise!

Did you mean to have that in there?

Crude inventories have been at 25 year highs for quite some time now.

Gas should be down at least to a buck.

Pure profits.

Yeah, thank god it is down from that $10/gal high you predicted. Oh, wait a minute.....
 

EagleKeeper

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Originally posted by: blanghorst
Originally posted by: dmcowen674
Originally posted by: piasabird
Supply of Crude oil is on the Rise!

Did you mean to have that in there?

Crude inventories have been at 25 year highs for quite some time now.

Gas should be down at least to a buck.

Pure profits.

Yeah, thank god it is down from that $10/gal high you predicted. Oh, wait a minute.....

He considers profits to be illegal. No one should be rewarded financially for their efforts
 

LegendKiller

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I live in CT and won't be voting for Schiff. The very idea that *DE*Regulation is the answer is preposterous. Deregulation got us into this mess just the same as it got us into the "roaring 20's".

He, like many of his minions, blames the Fed, but fails to realize the Fed had a marginal part in this sordid affair.

As far as the reverse repo, I see nothing wrong with it.

Schiff is wrong far more than he is right, he's already proven that.
 

dmcowen674

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Originally posted by: Common Courtesy
Originally posted by: blanghorst
Originally posted by: dmcowen674
Originally posted by: piasabird
Supply of Crude oil is on the Rise!

Did you mean to have that in there?

Crude inventories have been at 25 year highs for quite some time now.

Gas should be down at least to a buck.

Pure profits.

Yeah, thank god it is down from that $10/gal high you predicted. Oh, wait a minute.....

He considers profits to be illegal. No one should be rewarded financially for their efforts

Way to misrepresent me <middle finger>
 
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