Obama Adds Nothing to Spending Debate
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on April 20th, 2011 4:28 am by HL
Obama Adds Nothing to Spending Debate
What Happens When Quantitative Easing Ends?
Jim Jubak, MSN Money
What happens in June when the U.S. Federal Reserve stops buying $100 billion in U.S. Treasury notes every month as part of the program of quantitative easing know as QE2?You've heard the wails of worry. Which buyers, if any, will pick up the slack when the Fed exits this market? At the least, U.S. interest rates will have to rise to attract those additional buyers. At the worst, a lack of buyers will tip over the entire tower of cards that is U.S. government finances.
“Birther” Attacks Fuel Trump “Candidacy”
Eugene Robinson, Wash Post