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Fed, worried about recovery, will buy US debt

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Re: Fed, worried about recovery, will buy US debt

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Cause that's really dangerous when you're suffering deflation....you know, when you take actions to correct this situation.

dangerous only for the banks.

Howso? You mean the owners of the fed/risk? I'd honestly say any additional risk from this purchase is counterbalanced in the reduced risk in their other holdings.

Re: Fed, worried about recovery, will buy US debt

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dangerous only for the banks.

Howso? You mean the owners of the fed/risk? I'd honestly say any additional risk from this purchase is counterbalanced in the reduced risk in their other holdings.

Deflation is dangerous only for the entities that own large amounts of real estate/stocks. For normal people, deflation allows their buying power to increase. The government printing is akin to stealing from your labor right then and there.

Re: Fed, worried about recovery, will buy US debt

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Howso? You mean the owners of the fed/risk? I'd honestly say any additional risk from this purchase is counterbalanced in the reduced risk in their other holdings.

Deflation is dangerous only for the entities that own large amounts of real estate/stocks. For normal people, deflation allows their buying power to increase. The government printing is akin to stealing from your labor right then and there.

Deflation allows personal buying power to increase holding income constant. Deflation is defined as a decrease in prices. You know what else counts as a price? The price of labor. I.e., wages. Average wages decreases under deflation, just like any other price. Deflation is not a magical money machine that makes us all richer.

Re: Fed, worried about recovery, will buy US debt

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Deflation is dangerous only for the entities that own large amounts of real estate/stocks. For normal people, deflation allows their buying power to increase. The government printing is akin to stealing from your labor right then and there.

Deflation allows personal buying power to increase holding income constant. Deflation is defined as a decrease in prices. You know what else counts as a price? The price of labor. I.e., wages. Average wages decreases under deflation, just like any other price. Deflation is not a magical money machine that makes us all richer.

1.) The US wage stagnation/decline for the last 10-15 years has been caused by globalization of labor/emergence of China/India. It is not a recent phenomenon.

2.) If you think government printing money will increase/steady your wage, look no further then the last bailout/printing. The banks/shareholders got all the money. You got lost wages and lost jobs.

On a side note, man, there's alot of sheeples on this board. Do you all like get up early in the morning to go to work and get robbed?

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