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ProudMNDemocrat

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3. Lower interest rates GOOD for home buyers and borrowers, BAD for investments and Inflation...

Reply to ancianita (Original post)

Fri Jul 18, 2025, 06:28 AM

Jul 18

Jerome Powell has been reluctant to lower rates, but forcing his firing will surely cause financial ripples and the possibility of a massive financial depression that could make the Great Depression look like child's play.

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Playing to his oligarch base the felon yells at Jerome Powell, "Lower the rates!" [View all] ancianita Jul 17 OP

Well, maybe, just maybe TSF wouldn't be so desperate no_hypocrisy Jul 18 #1

Absolutely. And/or he's desperate to distract media away from the Epstein court files. ancianita Jul 18 #2

Lower interest rates GOOD for home buyers and borrowers, BAD for investments and Inflation... ProudMNDemocrat Jul 18 #3