Yep more talk about how the economy will need yet another round of monetary easing, so all those other trillions already spend on the economy didnt do anything, hahaha what makes them think QE3 and QE4 and QE5 will do anything to fix this credit crisis. As I said years ago nothing can fix this crisis, but time, however with the trillions they already sent into the economy and the future trillions needed to prop up the economy moving forward will only prolong the process of the economy ever really finding a bottom, all this is is smoke and mirrors. They think by fueling the economy with worthless trillions that eventually things will get better, thats not the way an economy works. You dont fight a slowing economy with more worthless dollars and more debt....but if thats what they want to do let them, BUBBLE ben bernanke is doing a fine job of creating rampant inflation and more economical problems for the future. Just keep printing because thats the only thing they know how to do to keep an already weak economy from getting even weaker. Take away the all the printing and all the bailouts and GDP would be -5%+.....way to go BUBBLE ben bernake! If Fed Decides to Ease Again, Price Could Hit $1 Trillion CNBC.com | December 12, 2011 | 01:02 PM EST If the Fed decides that the US economy needs another round of monetary easing, the price tag likely would be between $700 billion and $1 trillion, according to a new analysis. While the Fed has not said explicitly whether it will enact a third round of quantitative easing â or QE3 in market parlance â speculation has grown that the central bank will step in should the economy stall again in 2012. The Fed next meets Tuesday, when the topic of more easing is likely to come up. Recent indicators such as in housing, unemployment and consumer confidence have shown improvements, though most economists are expecting the gains to be temporary and, more importantly, susceptible to shocks from a European recession. In that event, according to the analysis from Citigroup analyst Inger M. Daniels, the Fed likely would buy $700 billion worth of mortgage-backed securities, and possibly another $300 billion in Treasurys. The primary aim would be to drive down mortgage rates even further from current levels that are hovering around record lows. Housing and unemployment remain the twin impediments to a full economic recovery in the U.S. "We believe this level of purchases would align with the Fedâs stated goals of aiding borrowers while not allowing for egregious Fed concentrated ownership of the mortgage market," Daniels said in a research note. That $700 billion total is predicated on a goal of cutting borrowing rates by a quarter-point. The 30-year mortgage rate for the week ended Thursday was at 3.99 percent, according to Freddie Mac. Emulating the first round of QE, which also targeted MBS, would entail $425 billion in fresh purchases and cut borrowing rates by just 0.15 percentage points, Daniels said. QE2 focused solely on Treasurys in an attempt to entice investors into buying riskier assets like stocks. A Fed operation begun in September called Operation Twist did not expand the central bank's $2.8 trillion balance sheet but instead entailed selling $400 billion worth of shorter-dated debt and buying an equal amount of debt with longer maturities, also in an attempt to drive down long-term borrowing rates. "Much of recent Fed speak concerning QE3 has indicated a bias toward enacting measures that would directly impact the housing market," Daniels wrote. "This suggests QE3 purchases would be more heavily concentrated in MBS than in Treasuries." While other also agree that QE 3 would entail some intervention in the housing market, the timing remains very much in question. In addition to considerations of whether the program would be effective, the Fed's easing practices have sparked inflation concerns and protests from congressional Republicans and the GOP presidential field. Daniels' analysis assigns neither a probability nor a time frame for more Fed action â she declined to offer an estimate in a subsequent email exchange â though informal consensus indicates that the action might not happen until later in 2012. "We think additional easing in the form of QE3 is possible by the second half of next year, when we expect the economy to have weakened materially from fiscal policy-induced uncertainty," Michael S. Hanson, US economist at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, said in a recent note. The improvement in U.S. economic data, as well as European policymakers' ability to forestall a massive negative fallout from the sovereign debt crisis, appear to have bought the Fed additional time. "The Fed needs to be ready to act if the euro-zone implodes, triggering sovereign debt defaults and large-scale European bank failures," Paul Ashworth, senior US economist at Capital Economics in Toronto, told clients. "As it stands now, however, there is no pressing need to act immediately, particularly not when the incoming data suggest that the US economy is actually getting stronger. As such, we still think that the Fed will hold off on more quantitative easing until the first half of next year."
Agreed, no biggie. What's a tril among friends? In fact, I asked a friend to borrow a few tril recently. No problem.
Senate OKs $662B defense bill despite veto threat http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-250_162-57335281/senate-approves-$662-billion-defense-bill/ Let's see here is 662 Billion of it. What if you spent 12-13Billion in all of the States instead of wasteful defense spending? Economy change for the better??
Probably not. I mean what different does it make if your spending money on defense, healthcare, or infrastructure; your still spending. Let's say for instance you did cut the defense budget and put all that money into healthcare. Yeah your going to get a lot of new jobs for doctors, nurses, hospital workers, lawyers to sue the doctors. But your going to lose net jobs in weapon research, development and manufacturing, etc. Your still at the same condition. I'm not saying I'm a proponent of defense spending but I am opposes to the left's argument that all are problems will be solved if we just cut the military budget and invest the same borrowed and/or printed money elsewhere like entitlements. You want to solve the debt crisis - cut everything across the board.
price |\ |-\ |--\ |---\ |----\ |-----\ |------\ |-------\__ time Hope you can understand my chart As time goes to infinity, price value decreases -> a few tril is really nothing (over time [infinity]).
what is another trillion among losers and beggars. mugabe of zimbawae will have the last laugh at the Western fools when the inflation genie jumps out of the bottle.
I'm afraid you Yanks cannot afford to cut defence spending. You're going to need lots of defence against the millions of non Americans who will want to lynch Greenspan and Bernanke for all the damage they have done.