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DemocratSinceBirth

(99,711 posts) Mon Feb 5, 2018, 06:36 PM Feb 2018

Maybe juicing an economy at full employment wasn't such a good idea.

Just sayin...

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Maybe juicing an economy at full employment wasn't such a good idea. (Original Post) DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2018 OP

Oops kurtcagle Feb 2018 #1

Welcome to DU! RandomAccess Feb 2018 #7

yep, and maybe adding a trillion dollars to the debt wasn't such a great idea spanone Feb 2018 #2

+1 uponit7771 Feb 2018 #4

It's the debt it created that up'd the bond yield and the big money starts moving uponit7771 Feb 2018 #3

Seems to me,Yellon warned about this effect. Wellstone ruled Feb 2018 #5

Right. Infrastructure work would have been good in 2009. Qutzupalotl Feb 2018 #6

kurtcagle

(1,604 posts)

1. Oops

Reply to DemocratSinceBirth (Original post)

Mon Feb 5, 2018, 06:38 PM

Feb 2018

I think the economy just blew a gasket.

RandomAccess

(5,210 posts)

7. Welcome to DU!

Reply to kurtcagle (Reply #1)

Mon Feb 5, 2018, 08:18 PM

Feb 2018

With any luck, that's all that this was.

spanone

(135,877 posts)

2. yep, and maybe adding a trillion dollars to the debt wasn't such a great idea

Reply to DemocratSinceBirth (Original post)

Mon Feb 5, 2018, 06:40 PM

Feb 2018

uponit7771

(90,364 posts)

4. +1

Reply to spanone (Reply #2)

Mon Feb 5, 2018, 06:42 PM

Feb 2018

uponit7771

(90,364 posts)

3. It's the debt it created that up'd the bond yield and the big money starts moving

Reply to DemocratSinceBirth (Original post)

Mon Feb 5, 2018, 06:42 PM

Feb 2018

... into safer bonds.

There's no free lunch

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)

5. Seems to me,Yellon warned about this effect.

Reply to DemocratSinceBirth (Original post)

Mon Feb 5, 2018, 07:05 PM

Feb 2018

Qutzupalotl

(14,330 posts)

6. Right. Infrastructure work would have been good in 2009.

Reply to DemocratSinceBirth (Original post)

Mon Feb 5, 2018, 07:06 PM

Feb 2018

But Democrats proposed it, so Republicans had to block it then. Now it’s a good idea because it’s Trump’s.

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